Category:Puncture

Punc"ture, n. Etym: [l. punctura, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See Pungent.]

1. The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

2. A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, The puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

Puncture Punc"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctured; p. pr. & vb. n. Puncturing.]

Defn: to pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to Prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.