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動詞

punch up (third-person singular simple present punches up, present participle punching up, simple past and past participle punched up)

1. (transitive) To beat (someone) up by punching, to fist-fight.

   He came back all punched up. He got a few stitches — they really punched him up good.

2. (intransitive, slang) To attack, counterattack, or target a group of greater power or status than oneself.

   Synonyms: punch upward, punch upwards

   Antonym: punch down

   Coordinate terms: counterpunch, fight back

   Her standup act involves a lot of punching up. It's possible to punch down in standup, a little bit here and there, but it's tricky to get right.

3. (transitive) To make bolder, zestier, or more exciting.

   Coordinate terms: spruce up, gussy up, enliven

   Near-synonyms: kick up, spice up

   He punched up his sauce with some habaneros. He figured he needed something to punch it up a little.

   • 2013, America's Test Kitchen, Comfort Food Makeovers: All Your Favorites Made Lighter:

     To punch up the flavor even more, we looked to an untraditional ingredient: fish sauce.

   • 2025 June 30, Adrienne Matei, “‘Hey man, I’m so sorry for your loss’: should you use AI to text?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Yet AI is becoming the invisible infrastructure of personal communications, too – punching up text messages, birthday cards and obituaries, even though we associate such compositions with “from the heart” authenticity.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

4. (transitive, television) To switch (a source) into the main transmission.
   • 1970, Larry G. Goodwin, Thomas Koehring, Closed-circuit Television Production Techniques, page 80:

     Sound films have to be loaded so that the sound is 5 seconds before the sound drum so a wow does not result when the film is punched up on the air.

   • 1982, Thomas D. Burrows, Donald N. Wood, Television Production: Disciplines and Techniques, page 132:

     In this illustrated example, camera 2 is punched up on the program buss and is therefore being sent out directly […]

関連する語

• punch-up session

名詞

punch up (plural punch ups)

1. Misspelling of punch-up.

参照

• punch-up, freedictionary.com

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʌntʃˌʌp/

名詞

punch-up (plural punch-ups)

1. (informal) A fight with the fists.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight

関連する語

• punch-up session

動詞

punch-up

1. Misspelling of punch up.

参照

• punch-up, freedictionary.com