]gē, ]gi adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: grog (I) + -y
1. archaic : intoxicated , drunk
2.
a. of a horse : weakened (as from age, overwork, or disease) in the fetlock joints and entire forelegs so as to have a hobbling gait marked by the knuckling over of the fetlock joints
b. of a boxer : weakened from fighting and especially from blows on the head so as to be unsteady on the feet or to stagger and to have an impaired consciousness
3. : weak, sleepy, exhausted, ill, or otherwise physically affected in such a way as to be sluggish in one's reactions, torpid mentally, and usually unsteady on the feet : logy , foggy , dazed , muddled
4. : tending to wear away
pumice and other soft groggy materials
or crumble
a groggy tooth
or collapse
a groggy old wooden tower