punch-drunk
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adjective \ˈpənch-ˌdrəŋk\Definition of PUNCH-DRUNK
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: suffering cerebral injury typically marked by mental confusion, incoordination, and slurred speech and usually resulting from minute brain hemorrhages caused by repeated head blows in boxing
See Origin of PUNCH-DRUNK
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First Known Use: 1918
Related to PUNCH-DRUNK
- Synonyms
- addle, addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), spacey (also spacy), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out
- Antonyms
- clearheaded, unconfused
punch–drunk
adjective \ˈpənch-ˌdrəŋk\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PUNCH–DRUNK
: suffering from cerebral injury usually resulting from minute brain hemorrhages caused by repeated head blows received in boxing and marked especially by mental confusion, incoordination, and slurred speech
—punch–drunk·en·ness \-ˌdrəŋ-kən-nəs\ (audio pronunciation) noun
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