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puncher

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: puncher

1
 n
someone who delivers punches
2
 n
a tool for making holes or indentations
3
 n
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: puncher
1

n someone who delivers punches

Type of:
boxer, pugilist
someone who fights with his fists for sport
2

n a tool for making holes or indentations

Synonyms:
punch
Types:
center punch
a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
punch pliers
punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather
Type of:
tool
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
3

n a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Synonyms:
cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher
Types:
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buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero
local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
cowgirl
a woman cowboy
gaucho
a cowboy of the South American pampas
horse wrangler, wrangler
a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
roper
a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
Type of:
ranch hand
a hired hand on a ranch
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