单词 | to knock a person stupid |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid P1. As object complement in various phrases. to drink (also eat, laugh, etc.) oneself stupid, to bore (also scare, etc.) a person stupid: to carry out the specified action thoroughly or to an excessive degree, esp. to the extent that the person involved or affected is no longer capable of thinking or acting sensibly. to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid: to render a person unconscious through violence; to beat someone up violently. Cf. senseless adj. 5, silly adj. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > incapacitate by to knock outa1616 to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid1811 to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 out1896 K.O.1922 kayo1923 1811 L. Hunt in Reflector 2 214 Thomson..either slept himself stupid, or bloated his wits. 1820 Examiner 15 Oct. 659/1 The grossest..Englishman, who scrapes money together, and eats and drinks himself stupid, shall affect to talk against the morals of the South. 1872 Tasmanian 27 Apr. 5/4 [The] defendant knocked me stupid..; when I came to my senses I was on my knees and..covered with blood. 1942 G. Gach In Army Now vi. 78 They explain some things over and over again, until you get bored stupid. 1975 N.Y. Times 1 Oct. (Sports section) 31/4 Frazier had won eight of the first 13 rounds when he walked into the blows that beat him stupid. 1998 T. McHale Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 2. 78 I think all kids remember their headmaster. Mine scared me stupid. 2018 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 18 Oct. 31 I remember laughing myself stupid at the comedy and now it is even funnier. < as lemmas |
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