Definition of punchy
punchier;
punchiest
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: zesty
- It is an elegant dish, although the sauce seems overly polite now. I remember it when the fresh coriander was an intense and punchy flavor.
- —Caroline Bates
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: dazed, punch-drunk
- … I arrived in Paris after a thirteen-hour flight, unwashed, unshaved, punchy from jet lag, discombobulated …
- —David Berlinski
