become unconscious

  • 111lightheaded — light|head|ed [ ,laıt hedəd ] adjective feeling as though you might fall down or become unconscious, for example because you are drunk ╾ light|head|ed|ness noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 112stun — [ stʌn ] verb transitive * 1. ) to shock and surprise someone so much that they cannot react immediately: His violent death stunned the nation. I was stunned to find that he d left without us. stun at/by: All of them were stunned by the news. 2.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 113swoon — [ swun ] verb intransitive 1. ) to be extremely excited and impressed by someone whom you like or admire: The entire audience seemed to swoon when he appeared on stage. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED to become unconscious and fall to the ground: FAINT ╾… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 114amaze — [OE] Old English āmasian meant ‘stupefy’ or ‘stun’, with perhaps some reminiscences of an original sense ‘stun by hitting on the head’ still adhering to it. Some apparently related forms in Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish masa ‘be… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 115assed\ out — 1) To be left out, or to come across misfortune that is not of your doing that you have no control over. If the guy in front of you bought the last one, then you re just assed out. 2) To become unconscious after drinking heavily. A: Wheres Pete?… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 116assed\ out — 1) To be left out, or to come across misfortune that is not of your doing that you have no control over. If the guy in front of you bought the last one, then you re just assed out. 2) To become unconscious after drinking heavily. A: Wheres Pete?… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 117pass\ out — v informal 1. To lose consciousness; faint. She went back to work while she was still sick, and finally she just passed out. Compare: give out(3) 2. or slang pass out cold To drop into a drunken stupor; become unconscious from drink. After three… …

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  • 118nod out — vb to become unconscious or fall asleep. This racier version of the standard nod off is used especially in connection with drug induced somnolence or stu por …

    Contemporary slang

  • 119knock out — 1) PHRASAL VERB To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. [V n P] He was arguing with his girlfriend and she hit him with a frying pan! Nearly knocked him out... [V n P] The three drinks knocked him out...… …

    English dictionary

  • 120KO — [[t]ke͟ɪ o͟ʊ[/t]] KO s, KO d 1) N COUNT KO is an abbreviation for knockout. 34 of his wins were KO s. 2) VERB To KO someone means to hit them so hard that they become unconscious. [INFORMAL] [V n] He KO d Nathan Mann in the third round …

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