0 expressing something effectively and with power, often using only a few words or short words:
1 (of a price) rather high; higher than is expected or usual:
We put the house on the market at what was quite a punchy price, but it sold almost immediately.
The restaurant has punchy pricing but enjoyable exclusivity.
2 tired and confused, especially after dealing with a difficult situation:
Her writing was punchy, conversational, sometimes slangy.
She starts each chapter with such a punchy first line that the reader is immediately drawn in.
We felt that the signature tune needed spicing up, and to be given a punchier feel.
My bill for four dishes and four wines ended up being just over SEK 1300, which is quite punchy even by the fairly expensive standards of Stockholm.
Having helped extract a rather punchy price for the company, he became divisional head of a US sportswear giant.
Sellers have been warned against punchy and over-ambitious pricing.
If the committee members had been feeling a bit punchy by that time, it would have been understandable.
