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woozy adjective unsteady; dizzy; disoriented; intoxicated with drugs or drink US, 1897 Anglicised by Conan Doyle in 1917.- It depends upon how woozy Mr. Bank is, and how bad his signature is on one or more of the checks, how many times he is requested to write another chit. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 210, 1956
- I was a little woozy and needed sugar[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 167, 1958
- She arched her back a trifle, and, with her mouth a trifle open, she put her hand on top of her head. “I feel so woozy and funny.” — J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey, p. 29, 1961
- I am by now halfway between hallucination and coma, and somewhat woozy, as though I’ve gone too long without food. — Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, p. 193, 1969
- He was boozy and woozy and full of self-pity[.] — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 233, 1993
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