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punchy¹

  • /ˈpʌnt͡ʃi/

adjective punchier · punchiest

  1. informal Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous. Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).
  2. UK, informal, of price offers ambitiously high, aggressive. [T]o stand the best chance of being punchy on price, you must show you’re a serious buyer. So be prepared. As well as getting a mortgage in principle, have a screenshot of your deposit and stamp duty savings to flash at estate agents to prove you’re “proceedable”.
  3. informal Involving or resembling a punch with the fist. Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.
  4. informal Punchable; punchworthy. Even with his punchy face, Roman nose and big ears, Jack Drawbaugh will command most of the attention for the 1-14-mile marathon route tomorrow at Sunland Park.
  5. informal Behaving or appearing punch-drunk, reacting poorly. I was so sleep-deprived I was starting to get punchy.
  6. informal Of groomed snow: unable to support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting in a ski punching through the surface of the snow.

punchy²

  • /ˈpʌnt͡ʃi/

Where it comes from

From punch (“short fat person”) + -y.

adjective punchier · punchiest

  1. informal, regional Short and thick; fat; paunchy. Behind him, Saretha looked bewildered as a small, punchy man in a chartreuse Lawyer’s suit raced up to her, talking fast.

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adj having a punch

Españolincisivo, con garra, potente, contundente

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@misc{punchy_2026,
  title = {punchy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/punchy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}