单词 | punchy |
释义 | punchyadj.1 Now chiefly regional. Short and thickset; squat, stout; = punch adj. ΘΚΠ 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 rare. Of the nature of punch (punch n.3 1a); resembling (that of) punch. ΚΠ 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. 1. Full of punch or impact; forceful, effective; vigorous. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.11780adj.21843adj.3n.1907 |
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