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punch-drunk
(redirected from Dementia pugilistica)

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punch-drunk (pnchdrngk)
adj.
1. Showing signs of brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head. Used especially of a boxer.
2. Behaving in a bewildered, confused, or dazed manner.
punch-drunk
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) demonstrating or characteristic of the behaviour of a person who has suffered repeated blows to the head, esp a professional boxer
2. dazed; stupefied
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.punch-drunk - dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
slaphappy, silly
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
punch-drunk
adjective
1. groggy (informal), confused, reeling, staggering, dazed, unsteady, punchy (informal), in a daze, stupefied, befuddled, woozy (informal), slaphappy (informal), knocked silly a punch-drunk boxer, reeling from too many blows
2. groggy, confused, dazed (informal), in a daze, stupefied, befuddled, woozy (informal) He was punch-drunk from fatigue.
Translations
punch-drunk [ˈpʌntʃˈdrʌŋk] ADJ (fig) → aturdido
to be punch-drunk → estar grogui
punch-drunk [ˌpʌntʃˈdrʌŋk] adj (Boxing) → groggy (fig) (stupefied) → stordito/a
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