"groggy" Definition

Definitions for the word "groggy" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. adj.
(-ier, -iest) incapable or unsteady. groggily adv. Grogginess n.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
5. slang
tipsy; when a prize-fighter becomes “weak on his pins,” and nearly beaten, he is said to be GROGGY. The same term is applied to horses that are overworked and unsteady. From similarity of appearance to the peculiarity of gait consequent on imbibing too much GROG.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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