punching

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌntʃɪŋ/

punching

1. present participle of punch

• punching bag

punching (countable and uncountable, plural punchings)

1. (gerund of punch) An incident in which someone is punched
   • 2009, January 25, “Evonne Barry”, in Booze and the trail of violence‎:

     Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" - such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings - has doubled, he said.

2. The process of making holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc).