hole punch

English

A hole punch.

Alternative forms

holepunch

Noun

hole punch (plural hole punches)

A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

Synonyms

paper punch
perforator

Derived terms

hole punch cloud

Translations

tool

Armenian: դակիչ (hy) (dakičʿ)
Azerbaijani: dəlgəc, dəlməkeş, deşikaçan
Chinese:
Mandarin: 打孔器 (zh) (dǎkǒngqì), 打孔機／打孔机 (zh) (dǎkǒngjī), 釘孔機／钉孔机 (dīngkǒngjī)
Czech: děrovačka (cs) f
Danish: hullemaskine c, hulapparat n
Dutch: perforator (nl) m
Esperanto: truilo
Faroese: holari m
Finnish: rei’ittäjä, rei’itin (fi)
French: perforateur (fr) m, perforatrice (fr) f, trouilloteuse (fr) f (colloquial), trouilloteur m (colloquial)
Georgian: სახვრეტელა (saxvreṭela)
German: Locher (de) m
Hebrew: מְחוֹרֵר‎ (he) m (mekhorér), מְנַקֵּב‎ (he) m (menakév)
Hungarian: lyukasztó (hu)
Icelandic: gatari (is) m
Italian: perforatrice (it) f
Japanese: 穿孔機 (せんこうき, senkōki)
Luxembourgish: Locher
Norwegian: hullemaskin (no)
Persian: پانچ‎ (fa) (pânč)
Polish: dziurkacz (pl) m
Portuguese: perfuradora (pt) f
Russian: дыроко́л (ru) m (dyrokól), перфора́тор (ru) m (perforátor)
Spanish: perforadora (es) f, máquina perforadora f
Swedish: hålslag (sv) n, hålslagare (sv) c, hålslagsapparat (sv) c
Turkish: delgeç (tr)
Yiddish: שטעכער‎ m (shtekher)

Verb

hole punch (third-person singular simple present hole punches, present participle hole punching, simple past and past participle hole punched) (transitive)

To punch holes using a hole punch.
(computing, networking) To create a NAT, WAN-to-LAN port forwarding on the router.