"推,推動; 擠,擠壓; " 還有 "用戳和刺的方式驅趕(牲畜等)",14世紀後期,來自古法語 ponchonner "戳,刺,蓋章",源自 ponchon "尖銳的工具,刺穿武器"(參見 punch(n.1))。
意思是 "用衝牀穿孔,打洞或打孔,用工具壓花",始於15世紀初; 意思是 "刺,刺穿",始於15世紀中期。相關詞彙: Punched; punching。
專業意義上的 "用拳頭打,打擊,用拳頭連續打擊",記錄於1520年代。比較拉丁語 pugnare "用拳頭打鬥",源自一個意思是 "刺,刺痛" 的詞根。在英語中,這種意義的轉變也可能是受到 punish 的影響而演變的: Punch 或 punsch 用於 punish 的文件可追溯到14世紀至15世紀:
punchyth me, Lorde, and spare my blyssyd wyff Anne. [Coventry Mystery Plays, late 15c.]
punchyth me, Lorde, and spare my blyssyd wyff Anne. [考文垂神祕劇,15世紀末]
1971年出現了 "打敗(某人)" 的用法 punch (someone) out。 punch 一張票等的 "打孔",表示使用自15世紀中期以來。 punch the clock "使用自動計時設備記錄到達或離開工作場所的時間",始於1900年。
There are time recorders for checking the minute of arrival and departure of each office employee—machines that operate with clock attachment and which in response to worker's punch print on tabular sheets of paper his promptnesses and delinquencies. [Richard Lord, "Running an Office by Machinery," in System, September 1909]
有一些時間記錄器,用於檢查每個辦公室員工到達和離開的時間 - 這些機器帶有時鐘附件,響應工人的打卡,將他的準時和違規打印在表格紙上。[理查德·洛德(Richard Lord),"Running an Office by Machinery",《System》,1909年9月]
Perhaps you are some great big chief, who has a lot to say.
Who lords it o'er the common herd who chance to come your way;
Well, here is where your arrogance gets a dreadful shock,
When you march up, like a private, salute, and PUNCH THE CLOCK.
[from "Punch the Clock," by "The Skipper," The Commercial Telegraphers' Journal, May 1912]
也許你是一個有很多話要說的大酋長。
你統治着偶然路過的普通人;
好吧,這裏是你的傲慢會受到可怕的打擊,
當你像一個士兵一樣走上來,敬禮,打卡。
[來自 "Punch the Clock",作者 "The Skipper",The Commercial Telegraphers' Journal,1912年5月]