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punchdrunk

punchdrunk is the alternative form of punch drunk.

Meaning of punch drunk

Adjective

punch drunk (not comparable)

  1. Dizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head.
    • The fighter looked harmlessly punch drunk, but he was only faking and suddenly threw a vicious, skillful blow.
  2. Behaving in a bewildered or dazed manner, especially due to repeated negative events.
    • We've become so accustomed to the word 'billions' over the last ten months that we've become punch drunk about just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has really cost us all.2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in Rail, page 3

Forms of punchdrunk

comparativemore punchdrunk
superlativemost punchdrunk

Questions about punchdrunk

What is punchdrunk the alternative form of?
Punchdrunk is the alternative form of punch drunk.

Words near punchdrunk in the dictionary

  1. punchcutter
  2. punchcutters
  3. punchcutting
  4. punchdown
  5. punchdowns
  6. punchdrunk
  7. punched
  8. punched above
  9. punched above one's weight
  10. punched below one's weight
  11. punched card

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