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Definition of punch-drunk in English: punch-drunkadjective ˈpʌntʃdrʌnkˈpəntʃˌdrəŋk Dazed or stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head. I feel a little punch-drunk today he was swaying like a punch-drunk boxer Example sentencesExamples - In contrast, today's budding poets might seem insignificant and pointless, punch-drunk and undirected about content, style, identity.
- After that, it was a test of nerve and character as both teams slugged it out like a pair of punch-drunk boxers.
- The visiting pack were in awesome form, consistently making ground at the edges of the rucks and gradually wearing down the home eight, who by the end resembled a bunch of bedraggled and punch-drunk boxers.
- I began to think I might be getting punch-drunk just listening to him.
- We were a bit punch-drunk, talking about silly stuff, trying to forget the ordeal that awaited.
- This looks to be one more blow to an increasingly punch-drunk asset-backed securities marketplace, as well as a significant escalation of the bursting of the consumer debt Bubble.
- Like two ageing punch-drunk fighters, Miami Heat and New York Knicks are going to keep swinging until one falls to the canvas from a knockout blow.
- Collectively, the players resemble a punch-drunk boxer, bruised and bloodied, clinging onto the ropes for support.
- Sometimes it can be painful to watch former superstars fumbling for their lost skills like a punch-drunk boxer.
- It was made easy because everyone was so nice, but I was punch-drunk by the end.
- Many businesspeople feel punch-drunk as they try to cope with new rules on working time, trade union recognition and European works councils.
- There was no clarity of thought, only blame, anger and bitterness; punch-drunk, the regime drifted blankly towards its end.
- The government, atypically, reels, staggers - punch-drunk on the ropes, praying for a bell.
- Everyone using the free weights looked punch-drunk from the heat.
- After arriving punch-drunk at a truck stop in Amarillo, Texas, I positioned a Therm-a-Rest atop the luggage in the very back.
- It would be tragic if he suffers yet another body blow, fails to recognise it, and chooses to remain in the fray punch-drunk and disoriented.
- Like a punch-drunk boxer who had been hit too many times, the town seemed stuck on the canvas, with some people wondering if it would ever be able to drag itself to its feet again.
- All that changed in 1918 when, like two punch-drunk boxers, the belligerents began finally to land blows which had effect.
- If only Rangers had done so on Wednesday, Scottish football would have benefited from a hangover cure after the national side's punch-drunk display against Hungary a week earlier.
- With no let up in this mean season, many hurricane - punch-drunk Floridians have opted to live in the dark, even those who have electricity.
Synonyms unstable, rocky, wobbly, wobbling, rickety, shaky, shaking, tottery, tottering, teetering, unsafe, unbalanced, unreliable, insecure, not secure, unfastened, unsecured, movable, precarious
Definition of punch-drunk in US English: punch-drunkadjectiveˈpənCHˌdrəNGkˈpəntʃˌdrəŋk Stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head. I feel a little punch-drunk today he was swaying like a punch-drunk boxer Example sentencesExamples - Like a punch-drunk boxer who had been hit too many times, the town seemed stuck on the canvas, with some people wondering if it would ever be able to drag itself to its feet again.
- With no let up in this mean season, many hurricane - punch-drunk Floridians have opted to live in the dark, even those who have electricity.
- All that changed in 1918 when, like two punch-drunk boxers, the belligerents began finally to land blows which had effect.
- In contrast, today's budding poets might seem insignificant and pointless, punch-drunk and undirected about content, style, identity.
- Like two ageing punch-drunk fighters, Miami Heat and New York Knicks are going to keep swinging until one falls to the canvas from a knockout blow.
- After arriving punch-drunk at a truck stop in Amarillo, Texas, I positioned a Therm-a-Rest atop the luggage in the very back.
- The government, atypically, reels, staggers - punch-drunk on the ropes, praying for a bell.
- Everyone using the free weights looked punch-drunk from the heat.
- I began to think I might be getting punch-drunk just listening to him.
- Many businesspeople feel punch-drunk as they try to cope with new rules on working time, trade union recognition and European works councils.
- We were a bit punch-drunk, talking about silly stuff, trying to forget the ordeal that awaited.
- If only Rangers had done so on Wednesday, Scottish football would have benefited from a hangover cure after the national side's punch-drunk display against Hungary a week earlier.
- It would be tragic if he suffers yet another body blow, fails to recognise it, and chooses to remain in the fray punch-drunk and disoriented.
- This looks to be one more blow to an increasingly punch-drunk asset-backed securities marketplace, as well as a significant escalation of the bursting of the consumer debt Bubble.
- Collectively, the players resemble a punch-drunk boxer, bruised and bloodied, clinging onto the ropes for support.
- The visiting pack were in awesome form, consistently making ground at the edges of the rucks and gradually wearing down the home eight, who by the end resembled a bunch of bedraggled and punch-drunk boxers.
- There was no clarity of thought, only blame, anger and bitterness; punch-drunk, the regime drifted blankly towards its end.
- It was made easy because everyone was so nice, but I was punch-drunk by the end.
- Sometimes it can be painful to watch former superstars fumbling for their lost skills like a punch-drunk boxer.
- After that, it was a test of nerve and character as both teams slugged it out like a pair of punch-drunk boxers.
Synonyms unstable, rocky, wobbly, wobbling, rickety, shaky, shaking, tottery, tottering, teetering, unsafe, unbalanced, unreliable, insecure, not secure, unfastened, unsecured, movable, precarious
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