n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: punc · tured ; punc · tur · ing \ ' p ə ŋ k-ch ə -ri ŋ , ' p ə ŋ k-shri ŋ \
Date: 1699
transitive verb
1 : to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object
2 : to make useless or ineffective as if by a puncture : DEFLATE
intransitive verb : to become punctured