transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌŋktʃə(r) ]
( punctures, puncturing, punctured)
1.
A puncture is a small hole in a car tyre or bicycle tyre that has been made by a sharp object.
Somebody helped me mend the puncture.
...a tyre that has a slow puncture.
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2.
A puncture is a small hole in someone’s skin that has been made by or with a sharp object.
An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall.
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3.
If a sharp object punctures something, it makes a hole in it.
The bullet punctured the skull.
VERB : V n
4.
If a car tyre or bicycle tyre punctures or if something punctures it, a hole is made in the tyre.
The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat...
He punctured a tyre in the last lap.
VERB : V , V n
5.
If someone’s feelings or beliefs are punctured , their feelings or beliefs are made to seem wrong or foolish, especially when this makes the person feel disappointed or upset.
His enthusiasm for fishing had been punctured by the sight of what he might catch.
= deflate
VERB : be V-ed , also V n