punchy.
Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
Meaning & usage
Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
ambitiously high, aggressive.
Involving or resembling a punch with the fist.
Punchable; punchworthy.
Behaving or appearing punch-drunk, reacting poorly.
I was so sleep-deprived I was starting to get punchy.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English punch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English punchy From punch + -y.
Short and thick; fat; paunchy.
Where this word comes from
From punch (“short fat person”) + -y.
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