punchouts

Pre-cut removable pieces

Punchouts are the small pieces of material that get pushed out when you punch holes in something—the little paper circles from a hole punch, the perforated tabs you press out of cardboard packaging, or the knockout discs removed from electrical boxes.

In manufacturing and crafts, these remnants are sometimes saved for confetti or discarded as waste.

The term also applies to arcade or vending machine tickets that get punched to mark redemption.

fighting

knockouts

Wins by incapacitation

  • KOVictory by incapacitation
  • boxingCombat sport using fists
  • brawlDisorderly group fight

hits · strikes · blows · swing · jab · fistfight · altercation · slugfest · haymaker · uppercut

manufacturing

die-cut

Shaped by blade press

  • blanksUnfilled spaces on forms
  • slugsShell-less land mollusks
  • scrapDiscarded bit or tussle

stamping · perforated · tabs · chad · waste · templates · shapes · cutouts · press · metal

timekeeping

timecard

Employee hours record

break · lunch · absence · leave · tracking · payroll · HR · workday · overtime · badge

games

tokens

Currency substitutes

tiles · standees · counters · chits · markers · unpunched · minis · inserts · shrinkwrap · unboxing

Opposites
separation status

punchoutsblanks

Unfilled spaces on forms

slugs · frames · matrices

WORK ATTENDANCE (clock-in/out sense)

punchoutscheck-ins

Arrival confirmations

arrivals

manufacturing process

punchoutswelds

Joins metal by melting

fusions · joins · attachments · inlays · inserts

Family

punchout

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G