punch-drunk

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.

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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

Thesaurus

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"

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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