- the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
- a hole or mark so made.
- a small pointlike depression.
- to pierce or perforate, as with a pointed instrument: to puncture leather with an awl.
- to make (a hole, perforation, etc.) by piercing or perforating: He punctured a row of holes in the cardboard.
- to make a puncture in: A piece of glass punctured the tire.
- to reduce or diminish as if by piercing; damage; wound: to puncture a person's pride.
- to cause to collapse or disintegrate; spoil; ruin: to puncture one's dream of success.
- to become punctured: These tires do not puncture easily.
- a small hole made by a sharp object
- a perforation and loss of pressure in a pneumatic tyre, made by sharp stones, glass, etc
- the act of puncturing or perforating
- to pierce (a hole) in (something) with a sharp object
- to cause (something pressurized, esp a tyre) to lose pressure by piercing, or (of a tyre, etc) to be pierced and collapse in this way
- to depreciate (a person's self-esteem, pomposity, etc)
