"punch drunk" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} punch drunk (not comparable)
  1. Dizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: out on one's feet, slaphappy Translations (dizzy from blows to the head): зашеметен (zašemeten) (Bulgarian), vimmelkantig (Swedish), omtöcknad (Swedish), groggy (Swedish), dimmig (Swedish), boxardement (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-punch_drunk-en-adj-AHnNV-KK Disambiguation of Emotions: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'dizzy from blows to the head': 95 5
  2. Behaving in a bewildered, or dazed manner. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-punch_drunk-en-adj-v-gX~7HH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: punch-drunk, punchdrunk

Alternative forms

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