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Grammar : Adj
Spell : grog-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrɒg i



Definition of groggy

Origin :
  • 1770, "drunk," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring. Related: Groggily; grogginess.
  • adj dizzy, stunned
Example sentences :
  • There was a hissing sound, a flash of light, and you got groggy, and went out.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • How you would get on afterwards with old Groggy Rowley, I don't know.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Think of that, with the Grasshopper as groggy as a five days old calf!
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • He was too groggy to say a word, but he comes pretty near winnin' me right there.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Frank Corson was shaking his head slowly like a groggy fighter.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • "He's groggy," he heard voices say, and then came the welcome splash of the sponge.
  • Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson
  • Mallory was groggy with punishment, and the vain effort to foresee her next blow.
  • Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes
  • He was as weak as a kitten and so groggy on his pins that he could hardly stand up.
  • Extract from : « An American Hobo in Europe » by Ben Goodkind
  • In fact, I began to get groggy about the tenth hole that afternoon, so that the pro.
  • Extract from : « The Idyl of Twin Fires » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • So, all right, he'd give them a groggy boy all set up for their job, whatever it was.
  • Extract from : « The Time Traders » by Andre Norton

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