punchy
punch-drunk
slug-nutty AmE slang

I was six years younger and already feeling rather punchy.

They want their media free and punchy, but acting within the law.

It was the punchy kind of playing we have in jazz.

Would a particular setting help to maintain a punchy sound?

He knew from experience that his campaign message, like most advertising, should be short and punchy.

Everyone in her department, she said, is punchy and touchy.

It has young women with punchy stories and powerful ground strokes.

By hour 28, he had become a little punchy.

They were covered with sweat and blood, punchy from a night without sleep.

If a brain mechanic says you're punchy, he has got to back him up, and take you off the watch list.

It all comes together for a punchy game of rugger.

We have met all these people, kept on their toes by unusually punchy writing.

I was punchy for a while, but it passed.

Punchy hung out here much longer, he'd have had us all round the twist.

He'll get punchy if he ever catches up on his sleep."

If there was one, right now he was too punchy to think of it.

He is known for his slice of life lyrics and punchy performance style.

The players seem to have been punchy with fatigue.

The film does contain several punchy songs that would sound better in any other context than they do here.

What short, punchy sound bite most helps this campaign to define itself?

This way he could get his signature punchy, biting tone.

It was punchy, but the other characters were the punchline.

Now it began to slap at the tree like a punchy fighter.

Since much of the report would be technical, I summarized the punchier contents.

Another whack on the head and I'm going to be punchy!"