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单词 punchy
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punchyadj.1

Brit. /ˈpʌn(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈpən(t)ʃi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punch n.4, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < punch n.4 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier punch adj., punched adj.2, puncheon adj. Sc. National Dict. s.v. Punch n.1 records the word as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1967.
Now chiefly regional.
Short and thickset; squat, stout; = punch adj.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > of build of horse > short and stout
punch1679
punched1703
puncheon1703
punchy1780
1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Peasan, a punchy sorry little fellow.
1783 J. Woodforde Diary 10 Feb. (1926) II. 58 He bought..a short dark Punchy Horse with a Hog main.
1810 Sporting Mag. 35 40 The plaintiff being short and punchy.
1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxxiv. 255 A red-faced, punchy man, hardly distinguishable..from his farmer kindred.
1890 R. Kipling Many Inventions (1893) 38 They rode punchy Burma ponies.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 233/1 Punchy, broad and thickset and strong with it.
2002 S. A. Wallick www.plaintxt.org 28 Sept. (blog, accessed 13 Nov. 2006) You'll recognize the Makalu office in Birganj because outside of it is a small, punchy man with no shoes and dirty, short pants who chants endlessly, ‘Makalu, Makalu, [etc.].’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

punchyadj.2

Brit. /ˈpʌn(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈpən(t)ʃi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punch n.3, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < punch n.3 + -y suffix1.
rare.
Of the nature of punch (punch n.3 1a); resembling (that of) punch.
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1843 C. Dickens Let. 2 Mar. (1974) III. 452 A complication of Punchy smells.
a1894 O. W. Holmes Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) 35 The warm, champagny, old-particular, brandy-punchy feeling.
1997 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 24 Dec. d1 The Christmas season is the time of year for eggnogs and several other punchy drinks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

punchyadj.3n.

Brit. /ˈpʌn(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈpən(t)ʃi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punch n.2, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < punch n.2 + -y suffix1. In sense 2 after punch-drunk adj.
1. Full of punch or impact; forceful, effective; vigorous.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective]
sprindeOE
livelyOE
kaskc1300
wightc1300
courageousc1386
wighty14..
wieldya1413
ablec1440
tall of hand1530
sappy1558
energical1565
energetical1585
greenya1586
stout1600
strenuous1602
forceful?1624
actuous1626
vigorous1638
vivid1638
high-spirited1653
hearty1665
actuose1677
living1699
full-blooded1707
executive1708
rugged1731
sousing1735
energic1740
bouncing1743
two-fisted1774
energetic1782
zestful1797
rollicking1801
through-ganging1814
throughgoing1814
slashing1828
high-powered1829
high pressure1834
rip-roaring1834
red-blooded1836
ripsnorting1846
zesty1853
dynamic1856
throbbing1864
goey1875
torpedoic1893
kinky1903
zippy1903
go-at-it1904
punchy1907
up-and-at-'em1909
driving1916
vibranta1929
kinetic1931
zinging1931
high-octane1936
zingy1938
slam-bang1939
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
ass-kicking1977
hi-octane1977
1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 16 July (Sports section) Keeler and the short, punchy hitters use chunky bats, with the weight all over them.
1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ii. 41 I would direct a punchy number.
1937 Lit. Digest 4 Dec. 30/3 The English language may some day be as colorful and punchy as it was in Elizabethan times.
1995 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 8 Jan. 85/4 Another punchy title is I spit on the West by Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
2000 Lawyer (Nexis) 26 June 22 A punchy, pugnacious advocate, who is both forceful and combative in court.
2. slang (chiefly U.S.). Punch-drunk. Also in extended use: in a state of nervous tension or extreme fatigue. Also as n.: a punch-drunk person (rare).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > mentally prostrated or paralysed
witlessc1000
amazedOE
mazeda1325
tottyc1405
tavert1535
moped1606
amazeful1608
bewhatleda1643
anergic1874
labile1883
punchy1932
slug-nutty1933
slap-happy1936
slappy1937
the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > nervous > in a state of nervous tension
punchy1932
uptight1934
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mental prostration or paralysis > person
punchy1932
punch-drunk1934
slappy1937
1932 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Jan. d3/1 I had plenty of fights but am getting out before I get punchy.
1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xiv. 201 Shut up, slappy... You've got the old rale... You punchies make me sick.
1943 Gen 16 Jan. 30/1 He lives in a dream-world..he is, as the boys put it, ‘punchy’.
1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado ii. iii. 209 I am so punchy..that I don't know whether I'm coming or going.
1964 G. Johnston Clean Straw for Nothing 41 Battered punchy pugilists.
1977 Tennis World Sept. 17/2 A player who breaks up on the court from nervousness is said to be ‘punchy’, ‘gone cuckoo’ or simply ‘gone’.
1978 Sat. Night (Toronto) Apr. 23/1 A stocky little guy who looked like a punchy boxer from the Main.
1994 Rolling Stone 16 June 50/1 Soundgarden always seem to do their best shows when they're exhausted and punchy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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