punch´-drunk´en|ness

punch´-drunk´en|ness
punch-drunk «PUHNCH DRUHNGK», adjective.
1. (of a boxer) uncoordinated in movement or speech and disoriented as a result of brain concussion; afflicted with a condition resembling drunkenness to some extent: »

I executed a nervous, almost dance-like step that characterized a punch-drunk boxer out of Hemingway (New Yorker).

2. Informal, Figurative. dazed.
punch´-drunk´en|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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