Puncture

Puncture may refer to:

  • A wound caused by such objects as nails or needles
  • a flat tyre in British English (US English "flat tire" or just "flat")
  • Puncture (band), an English punk band
  • Puncturing, in coding theory, is the process of removing some of the bits in a data stream
  • Puncture (film), a 2011 American film starring Chris Evans

Famous quotes containing the word puncture:

    And no one, it seemed, had had the presence of mind
    To initiate proceedings or stop the wheel
    From the number it was backing away from as it stopped:
    It was performing prettily; the puncture stayed unseen....
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)