1 (BrE) a small hole in a tyre made by a sharp point:
I had a puncture on the way and arrived late.
seealsoFLATn.(6)
2 a small hole, especially in the skin, made by a sharp point:
There were four small puncture marks on her wrist where the cat had bitten her.
Part of speech: verb
1 to make a small hole in sth; to get a small hole:
[VN] to puncture a tyre / balloon * She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung. * [V] One of the front tyres had punctured.
2 [VN] (written) to suddenly make sb feel less confident, proud, etc:
to puncture sb's confidence / complacency / illusions * The earlier mood of optimism had been punctured.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is puncture a noun, verb, or something else?
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