Puncture
noun
A small hole made by a sharp object.
He noticed a puncture in his bike tire
Often appears as...
- puncture in the tire
- puncture wound
verb
To make a hole in something with a sharp point.
He accidentally punctured his finger with a needle
Often appears as...
- puncture a hole
- puncture the skin
noun
A flat tire caused by a hole.
He had to change the wheel because of a puncture
Often appears as...
- tire puncture
- puncture repair
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Technical
verb
To reduce the inflated pride or ambition of someone.
His criticism punctured my self-confidence
Often appears as...
- puncture confidence
- puncture pride
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Colloquial
noun
A small hole made by a sharp object.
He noticed a puncture in his bike tire
Often appears as...
- puncture in the tire
- puncture wound
verb
To make a hole in something with a sharp point.
He accidentally punctured his finger with a needle
Often appears as...
- puncture a hole
- puncture the skin
noun
A flat tire caused by a hole.
He had to change the wheel because of a puncture
Often appears as...
- tire puncture
- puncture repair
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To reduce the inflated pride or ambition of someone.
His criticism punctured my self-confidence
Often appears as...
- puncture confidence
- puncture pride
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Often used when talking about problems or damage, especially in everyday items like tires.
I got a puncture riding over that glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Objects
Primarily refers to tangible items, not abstract concepts or virtual entities.
She found a puncture in the inflatable pool.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Identification
A puncture is usually something you can see or find upon close inspection.
After checking, he found a small puncture in the balloon.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Often used when talking about problems or damage, especially in everyday items like tires.
I got a puncture riding over that glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Objects
Primarily refers to tangible items, not abstract concepts or virtual entities.
She found a puncture in the inflatable pool.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Identification
A puncture is usually something you can see or find upon close inspection.
After checking, he found a small puncture in the balloon.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Often used when talking about problems or damage, especially in everyday items like tires.
I got a puncture riding over that glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Objects
Primarily refers to tangible items, not abstract concepts or virtual entities.
She found a puncture in the inflatable pool.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Identification
A puncture is usually something you can see or find upon close inspection.
After checking, he found a small puncture in the balloon.
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Sir David Attenborough...
it turned out that the common fishermen caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but to the
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What rocks on Mars can...
slowly the rover driving speed is like this so it takes a while to get places and we've had a little bit of challenges along the way so the rover wheels aren't supposed to have holes this big in them pointy rocks have been puncturing our wheels and
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What role does luck play...
It reveals the injustice for what it is instead of pretending otherwise, and it punctures the incredible pressure balloon that our high school kids are now living under. So why is it that this perfectly reasonable proposal, if I do say so myself,
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Sewer Diver Loves His...
mean death Carlos tries not to think about the soup of bacteria he's swimming in including tetanus typhoid and cholera his suit protects him but it is an armor a sharp puncture could wreak havoc our skin also you have to get to the hospital
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Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
you're about to see it too if you've got the courage to keep watching if only through your splayed fingers the octopus not in the habit of attacking sharks the shark sharp spines jutting out from its dorsal fins that can puncture anything
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Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
you're about to see it too if you've got the courage to keep watching if only through your splayed fingers the octopus not in the habit of attacking sharks the shark sharp spines jutting out from its dorsal fins that can puncture anything
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How the world's longest...
making way for support wagons following each machine. Even at top speed, work had to proceed carefully. The chalk layer followed a winding path between unstable rock and clay, punctured by over 100 boring holes made by previous surveyors.
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What is entropy? - Jeff...
It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around.
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Sewer Diving PIPE National...
can be death Carlos tries not to think about the soup of bacteria he's swimming in including tetanus typhoid and cholera his suit protects him but it is an armor a sharp puncture could wreak havoc it is
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Inside the black hole...
So tell us what we're really looking at there. I still love it. So what you're seeing is that last orbit of photons. You're seeing Einstein's geometry laid bare. The puncture in space-time is so deep
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Sir David Attenborough...
it turned out that the common fishermen caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but to the
Video examples
What rocks on Mars can...
slowly the rover driving speed is like this so it takes a while to get places and we've had a little bit of challenges along the way so the rover wheels aren't supposed to have holes this big in them pointy rocks have been puncturing our wheels and
Video examples
What role does luck play...
It reveals the injustice for what it is instead of pretending otherwise, and it punctures the incredible pressure balloon that our high school kids are now living under. So why is it that this perfectly reasonable proposal, if I do say so myself,
Video examples
Sewer Diver Loves His...
mean death Carlos tries not to think about the soup of bacteria he's swimming in including tetanus typhoid and cholera his suit protects him but it is an armor a sharp puncture could wreak havoc our skin also you have to get to the hospital
Video examples
Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
you're about to see it too if you've got the courage to keep watching if only through your splayed fingers the octopus not in the habit of attacking sharks the shark sharp spines jutting out from its dorsal fins that can puncture anything
Video examples
Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
you're about to see it too if you've got the courage to keep watching if only through your splayed fingers the octopus not in the habit of attacking sharks the shark sharp spines jutting out from its dorsal fins that can puncture anything
Video examples
How the world's longest...
making way for support wagons following each machine. Even at top speed, work had to proceed carefully. The chalk layer followed a winding path between unstable rock and clay, punctured by over 100 boring holes made by previous surveyors.
Video examples
What is entropy? - Jeff...
It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around.
Video examples
Sewer Diving PIPE National...
can be death Carlos tries not to think about the soup of bacteria he's swimming in including tetanus typhoid and cholera his suit protects him but it is an armor a sharp puncture could wreak havoc it is
Video examples
Inside the black hole...
So tell us what we're really looking at there. I still love it. So what you're seeing is that last orbit of photons. You're seeing Einstein's geometry laid bare. The puncture in space-time is so deep
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Francis Spufford
English Author
What I absolutely want is to suggest that before it's anything else, redemption is God mending the bicycle of our souls; God bringing out the puncture repair kit, re-inflating the tires, taking off the rust, making us roadworthy once more. Not so that we can take flight into ecstasy, but so that we can do the next needful mile of our lives.
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Steven Stucky
American Composer
Americans' distrust of the conspicuously intellectual - a habit we learned, I suppose, on the frontier, but which remains a feature of the national character - has the virtue of puncturing the pretentious and exposing the fake, but it may also have impaired American listeners' patience for music that is especially complex or austere.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
I've read enough dreary campus novels to know more than I ever wanted to about the punctured Oxbridge academic psyche, and feel as if I've been through a mid-life crisis dozens of times, purely because I've foolishly grabbed a paperback by an author I've vaguely heard of.
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Martin Parr
British Photographer
Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.
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James Ellroy
American Writer
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.
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Hal Needham
American Director
I've broken fifty-six bones, broke my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.
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Tom Bergeron
American Celebrity
I work best when people are here to puncture me.
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Francis Spufford
English Author
What I absolutely want is to suggest that before it's anything else, redemption is God mending the bicycle of our souls; God bringing out the puncture repair kit, re-inflating the tires, taking off the rust, making us roadworthy once more. Not so that we can take flight into ecstasy, but so that we can do the next needful mile of our lives.
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Steven Stucky
American Composer
Americans' distrust of the conspicuously intellectual - a habit we learned, I suppose, on the frontier, but which remains a feature of the national character - has the virtue of puncturing the pretentious and exposing the fake, but it may also have impaired American listeners' patience for music that is especially complex or austere.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
I've read enough dreary campus novels to know more than I ever wanted to about the punctured Oxbridge academic psyche, and feel as if I've been through a mid-life crisis dozens of times, purely because I've foolishly grabbed a paperback by an author I've vaguely heard of.
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Martin Parr
British Photographer
Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.
Quote examples
James Ellroy
American Writer
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.
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Hal Needham
American Director
I've broken fifty-six bones, broke my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.
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Tom Bergeron
American Celebrity
I work best when people are here to puncture me.
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