Usually means: Forceful and immediately impactful expression.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word punchy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. punchy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. punchy: Merriam-Webster
  3. punchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. punchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. punchy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Punchy, punchy: Wordnik
  7. punchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. punchy: Wiktionary
  9. punchy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. punchy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. punchy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Punchy, punchy: Dictionary.com
  13. Punchy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. punchy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Punchy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. punchy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. punchy: FreeDictionary.org
  18. punchy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. punchy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. punchy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See punchier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
adjective:  Involving or resembling a punch with the fist.
adjective:  Behaving or appearing punch-drunk, reacting poorly.
adjective:  (skiing) 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.
adjective:  (dated) Short and thick; fat; paunchy.

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