punchy
Americanadjective
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being or appearing vigorously effective; forceful.
adjective
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an informal word for punch-drunk
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informal incisive or forceful
a punchy article
Other Word Forms
- punchily adverb
- punchiness noun
Etymology
Origin of punchy
Example Sentences
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Last year's punchy, sample-heavy mixtape Fancy That became her first top 10 album and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
From BBC
Impressive in time trials and in the mountains, as shown by his second place in the last Giro d'Italia, Del Toro also demonstrated an outstanding turn of speed this week in the Emirates, outsprinting the pure sprinters in a punchy opening stage.
From Barron's
Mr. Luhrmann is a purveyor of tabloid cinema—punchy, entertaining, sensationalist, intensely allergic to stasis.
Once you have something cold and punchy waiting in the fridge, vegetables stop feeling like a task and start feeling like a vehicle.
From Salon
Challenged on this punchy call, Lancastle responds by observing that “a quarter of the U.S. market is AI-related and fully-valued” and most of the growth component in the U.S. economy is owing to AI capital expenditure.
From MarketWatch
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