drunk
See also: Drunk
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)
- Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
- Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
- Macaulay
- drunk with recent prosperity
- Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 42
- I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 42
Synonyms[edit]
- (intoxicated from alcohol): For semantic relationships of this term, see drunk in the Thesaurus.
- (habitually of frequently intoxicated from alcohol):
- (saturated with moisture): For semantic relationships of this term, see wet in the Thesaurus.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from drunk
Translations[edit]
intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol
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elated by emotion
Noun[edit]
drunk (plural drunks)
- One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
- A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
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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.
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- 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:
Synonyms[edit]
- (habitual drinker): alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who is drunk
habitual drinker
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drinking-bout
drunken state
Verb[edit]
drunk
- past participle of drink
- (Southern US) simple past tense of drink
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