Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by vigor or drive.
- adjective Groggy or dazed from or as if from a punch or series of punches; punch-drunk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Paunchy; pot-bellied; short, squat, and fat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Short and thick, or fat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
punch ;effective ;forceful ;spirited ;vigorous . - adjective Behaving or appearing
punch drunk . - adjective figuratively, of a person Being
over- reactive to routine events. - adjective skiing A term used by
Nordic skiers (especially skate skiers) to describe groomed snow that does not support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting a ski punching through the surface of the snow. - adjective dated
short andthick ;fat ;paunchy
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Examples
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Despite this being my fifth book launch, I find myself as elated and baffled and nervous and delighted and just plain punchy about the idea that something I wrote is hitting shelves all over the country today as ever.
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Such black-and-white bipolarity is enormously palatable when packaged in punchy, 90-second sound bytes.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: 'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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Such black-and-white bipolarity is enormously palatable when packaged in punchy, 90-second sound bytes.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: 'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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Such black-and-white bipolarity is enormously palatable when packaged in punchy, 90-second sound bytes.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: 'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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Such black-and-white bipolarity is enormously palatable when packaged in punchy, 90-second sound bytes.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: 'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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Despite this being my fifth book launch, I find myself as elated and baffled and nervous and delighted and just plain punchy about the idea that something I wrote is hitting shelves all over the country today as ever.
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Such black-and-white bipolarity is enormously palatable when packaged in punchy, 90-second sound bytes.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: 'The Women's Voices Now' Film Festival: Women's Voices From the Muslim World MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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Yeah, I'm punchy from the computer drama, what of it?
February 6th, 2008 wheatland_press 2008
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Strauss had urged him to speak in short, punchy bursts.
'No More Lies--Ever' 2008
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His writing style tends to be in short, punchy sentences that are simultaneously graceful, and he's always a pleasure to read.
Archive 2005-09-01 sfmike 2005
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