punchable en · ADJ
Etymology
From punch + -able.
Meanings
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Suitable for being punched or perforated.
a material that is punchable at low temperatures
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(colloquial) Deserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.
“An emotion is something that you construct in your own brain,” Barrett said, as is perception. Shkreli’s face scans as punchable to so many because of this tendency to “experience the emotion to be a property of the thing in the world and not your own experience.”
2016 October 2, Jessica Goldstein, “We Asked Scientists: Just How Punchable is Martin Shkreli’s Face?”, in Center for Law, Brain & Behavior:He has an eminently punchable face!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more punchable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most punchable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Translations (3)
cmn 欠揍 (deserving to be punched or struck) · cmn 欠扁 (deserving to be punched or struck) · pt socável (suitable for being punched)