punchable
adjective
punchable is an adjective meaning “Suitable for being punched or perforated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-U-N-C-H-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does punchable mean?
adjective
- 1
Suitable for being punched or perforated.
a material that is punchable at low temperatures
- 2
colloquialDeserving to be punched or struck, or evoking the desire to do so.
He has an eminently punchable face!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of punchable
- more punchable comparative
- most punchable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is punchable?
Punchable appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Punchable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense suitable for being punched:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | socável |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does punchable come from?
From punch + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).