Powerful hits with the closed fist, or a drink made by mixing fruit juice, sugar, and sometimes alcohol.
From Hindi 'pāñch' meaning 'five,' because the original punch recipe had five ingredients. For the hitting meaning, possibly from 'puncheon,' a short post.
Punch the drink was named because the original recipe required exactly five ingredients—and the word 'puncheon' (a wooden post) sounds similar, creating a fun linguistic coincidence.
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