drunk

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: drŭngk, IPA: /drʌŋk/, SAMPA: /drVNk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

[edit] Adjective

drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)

1. In a state of intoxication after drinking alcoholic beverages.
2. (usually followed by with or on) elated or emboldened

   Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

[edit] Synonyms

See WikiSaurus:drunk

• (intoxicated from alchohol): blitzed, drunken, ebrious, hammered, pissed, tipsy, wasted, smashed

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

drunk (plural drunks)

1. A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
2. A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
   • 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4.

     Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas.

3. A drunken state.
   • 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10,

     Here – help yourself to another drop there, Redmond! By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!

[edit] Derived terms

• good drunk

[edit] Synonyms

• (habitual drinker): alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

drunk

1. Past participle of drink.
2. (Southern US) Simple past of drink.