puncture
The act or an instance of puncturing.
Other meanings
A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
“There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.”
A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
“On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.”
Related words
- ignipuncture
- antipuncture
- apipuncture
- arteriopuncture
- cardiopuncture
- counterpuncture
- cryopuncture
- encephalopuncture
- galvanopuncture
- macropuncture
- mesopuncture
- micropuncture
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “puncture” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.