drunk
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drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)
- In a state of intoxication caused by the consumption of excessive alcohol, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
- Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
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- (intoxicated from alcohol): blitzed, drunken, ebrious, hammered, pissed, tipsy, wasted, smashed; see also Wikisaurus:drunk
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terms derived from drunk
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intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol
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elated by emotion
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drunk (plural drunks)
- A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10
- Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10
- 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.
- 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4:
- 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!
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
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- (habitual drinker): alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot; see also Wikisaurus:drunkard
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drinker
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a drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness
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drunk