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groggy

[grog-ee]

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adjective, -gi·er, -gi·est.

staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.

dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep: Late nights always make me groggy the next morning.

Archaic. drunk; intoxicated.

Origin:
1760–70; grog + -y¹

Related forms

grog·gi·ly, adverb

grog·gi·ness, noun

Synonyms
2. sluggish, lethargic; woozy, dopey.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Example Sentences

He looked groggy as he walked gingerly to the dugout and then to the clubhouse to get examined.

About three feet from me was a lobster on display, on a bed of ice, too groggy to escape.

Maybe, but there are good reasons why the groggy greenback may stay on its feet.

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He looked groggy as he walked gingerly to the dugout and then to the clubhouse to get examined.

About three feet from me was a lobster on display, on a bed of ice, too groggy to escape.

Maybe, but there are good reasons why the groggy greenback may stay on its feet.

They were groggy and almost giddy from three years of creation.

Once awakened, groggy concertgoers are escorted to the door.

It may be that those who awake groggy choose not to siesta in the first place.

He thinks he played football in a groggy state a few times.

It may be that those who have a tendency to wake up groggy are choosing not to siesta in the first place.

Barden was at first groggy but responsive and coherent as the four reached him.

On the other hand, if the economy overheats, a new wave of bad loans would further weaken an already groggy financial system.

The writer ducked and caught the second with a blow that left him groggy.

He said she was groggy from medication but was in good condition.

Japan was aghast at the idea of freeing up a market that was a groggy backwater.

Family-controlled companies with solid industrial brands but groggy leadership are the main quarry.

The groggy young adults reach for their makeup kits and fight for the lone bathroom.

M was still groggy and feeble, unable to feed himself and prone to choking on his own saliva.

Ocalan seemed groggy when he spoke, possibly under the influence of drugs.

When the groggy human does this, both cats trot toward the kitchen/food bowls, casting hopefuly glances over their shoulders.

Groggy with ether, nauseous with the rocking of the.

They're quick enough to not interfere with your regular sleep pattern or make you feel groggy afterwards.

My groggy brain is not rational enough in the am to understand this.

But dawn, when it finally arrives, finds her groggy and sore and strapped with the same familiar burdens.

Afterward you feel sluggish and glutted, groggy and numb.

Or maybe he was simply too groggy to have a dramatic reaction to the bad tidings.

Nominees, meanwhile, were their usual mix of groggy and gracious.

They roused a groggy attendant, who told them that the shelter could not accept the cats at that hour.

Nominees were their usual groggy yet gracious selves.

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World English Dictionary

groggy (ˈɡrɒɡɪ)

—*adj* , -gier, -giest
1.	dazed or staggering, as from exhaustion, blows, or drunkenness
2.	faint or weak

'groggily

—*adv*

'grogginess

—n

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Word Origin & History

groggy

1770, "drunk," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring.

Slang Dictionary

groggy definition

mod.
tired; in a stupor. (Standard but having a slangy history. From a term for rum as drunk aboard ship, derived from the nickname grog, belonging to Admiral Edward Vernon.) : I'm still groggy by ten in the morning.
mod.
and groggified. [ˈgrɔgifɑɪd]alcohol intoxicated. : He was too groggified to drive.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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