Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Showing signs of brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head. Used especially of a boxer.
- adjective Behaving in a bewildered, confused, or dazed manner.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
punch drunk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective dazed from or as if from repeated blows
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Examples
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The UAW's out-of-touch leadership is so punch-drunk from the 2008 collapse of the U.S. auto industry that it has lost touch not only with what is good for the American economy as a whole, but with what is good for rank-and-file auto workers.
Ian Fletcher: Stop the Korea Free Trade Agreement! Ian Fletcher 2011
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The UAW's out-of-touch leadership is so punch-drunk from the 2008 collapse of the U.S. auto industry that it has lost touch not only with what is good for the American economy as a whole, but with what is good for rank-and-file auto workers.
Ian Fletcher: Stop the Korea Free Trade Agreement! Ian Fletcher 2011
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They went a goal up early on courtesy of the outstanding Keith Andrews and plundered three more against tiring and increasingly punch-drunk opposition.
Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland | Euro 2012 play-off match report 2011
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The UAW's out-of-touch leadership is so punch-drunk from the 2008 collapse of the U.S. auto industry that it has lost touch not only with what is good for the American economy as a whole, but with what is good for rank-and-file auto workers.
Ian Fletcher: Stop the Korea Free Trade Agreement! Ian Fletcher 2011
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Arsenal were holding for the final bell, like the punch-drunk boxer, when Sidwell, who had also returned to Fulham's starting XI, headed home from close-range.
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Something about that anger got through the punch-drunk fuzz inside my head.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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In those days everyone but Gene was exhausted—sometimes punch-drunk on three hours of sleep a night, nodding off on the subway coming home from Lenox Hill or staggering bleary-eyed in clogs and scrubs from Beth Israel or CFC.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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This wicked, sexy Irishman made her feel punch-drunk.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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The first brutal set of Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic had left me punch-drunk, and somewhere in the second I'd forgotten how to breathe.
Pain of watching sport that I will never die happy | Emma John 2011
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If the Worst Happens: If your dog starts stumbling like a punch-drunk fighter or seems dazed and confused, death could be near.
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