Punch-drunk (Adjective)
Meaning
Dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"; "punch-drunk with love".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The boxer was punch-drunk by the end of the tenth round, stumbling around the ring in a daze.
- After a week of non-stop partying, Sarah was punch-drunk from lack of sleep and too much to drink.
- The crowd was punch-drunk with excitement as the concert reached its climax.
- He was punch-drunk with love, unable to think straight whenever his new girlfriend was around.
- The hikers were punch-drunk from exhaustion, struggling to put one foot in front of the other on the final stretch of the trail.