Punch commonly refers to:
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Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist
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Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice
Punch may also refer to:
Places
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Punch, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Poonch (disambiguation), often spelt as Punch, several places in India and Pakistan
People
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Punch (surname), a list of people with the name
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Punch (nickname), a list of people with the nickname
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Punch Masenamela (born 1986), South African footballer
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Punch (rapper), 21st century American rapper Terrence Louis Henderson Jr.
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Punch (singer), South Korean singer Bae Jin-young (born 1993)
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
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Mr. Punch (also known as Pulcinella or Pulcinello), the principal puppet character in the traditional Punch and Judy puppet show
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Mr. Punch, the masthead image and nominal editor of Punch, largely borrowed from the puppet show
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Mr. Punch, a fictional character in Neil Gaiman's graphic novel, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (1994)
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Punch, a DC Comics villain and partner of Jewelee's in Punch and Jewelee
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Punch/Counterpunch, a fictional character in The Transformers
Films
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Punch (1994 film), a boxing film starring Donald Sutherland
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Punch (2002 film), a Canadian film
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Punch (2011 film), a South Korean film
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Punch (2022 film), a New Zealand film starring Tim Roth
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Punch, a 1996 American short film starring Sacha Baron Cohen
Music
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Punch (band), an American punk band
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Punch Records, a UK music and arts development agency
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Punch (album), a 2008 album by Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
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Punch, a 2013 album by indie-pop group Autoheart
Periodicals
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Punch (Danish magazine), an illustrated conservative Danish satirical magazine (1873–1894)
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Punch (magazine), a former British weekly magazine of humour and satire
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Adelaide Punch (1878–1884), a satirical magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia
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Japan Punch (1862–1887), a satirical magazine published in Yokohama, Japan
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Melbourne Punch (1855–1925), a satirical magazine published in Melbourne, Australia
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Sydney Punch (1864–1888), a satirical magazine published in Sydney, Australia
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The Punch (Australia), news website (2009–2013)
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The Punch, Nigerian daily newspaper
Television
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Punch (TV series), a 2014 South Korean television drama series
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Punch, a station identification for the television station BBC Choice, used in 1998
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Punch! (TV series), a Canadian animated comedy series
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Producciones PUNCH (often shortened to PUNCH), a Colombian programadora from 1956 to 2000
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"Punch (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)", an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Theatre
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Punch (play), a 2024 British play
Other
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Punch!, a 2005 manga by Rie Takada
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Punch, a drinks website owned by Vox Media
Tools
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Punch (numismatics), an intermediate used in the process of manufacturing coins
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Punch (tool), a tool used to drive objects such as nails, to pierce workpieces, or to form an impression of the tip on a workpiece
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Punch (typography), a steel pattern used in casting metal type
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Hole punch, a common office tool used to create holes in sheets of paper
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Leather punch, a specialized tool for making holes in leather
Other uses
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Punch (cigar), the name of two brands of premium cigar
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Punch Taverns, a United Kingdom pub company
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Dodona (genus), a group of butterflies commonly known as the Punches, in particular:
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Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH), a NASA constellation of 4 microsatellites to study the Sun
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Tata Punch, an Indian SUV manufactured by Tata Motors since 2021
See also
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Punch Brothers, an American band
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Punches (album), a 2005 album by World Leader Pretend
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Punsch, a traditional Swedish and Finnish liquor
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Poonch (disambiguation)
