Definition of woozy
- seems a little woozy, not quite knowing what to say
- —J. A. Lukacs
She was already feeling woozy after her first drink.
the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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First Known Use: 1897
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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