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drunk Definition


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drink
verb drank, drunk, drinking
    tr & intr
    1. To swallow (a liquid); to consume (a liquid) by swallowing.
      Thesaurus: swallow, gulp, quaff, sip, guzzle, toss off, imbibe, knock back, swill, swig.
    intr
    2. To drink alcohol; to drink alcohol to excess.
      Thesaurus: imbibe, tipple.
    3. To get oneself into a certain state by drinking alcohol.
      Example: drank himself into a stupor
noun
    1. An act of drinking.
    2. Liquid suitable for or intended for drinking.
    3. Alcohol of any kind or the habit of drinking alcohol to excess.
    4. A glass or amount of drink.
    5. colloq
      The sea.
      Form: the drink
Derivative: drinkable
adj
    Fit to be drunk.
Derivative: drinker
noun
    Someone who drinks, especially alcohol, and especially too much.
      Thesaurus: alcoholic, drunkard, inebriate, drunk, wino (slang), lush (slang); Antonym: teetotaler.
Idiom: drink someone under the table
    To continue drinking and remain sober (or comparatively so) after one's companion has completely collapsed.
Idiom: drink the health of someone (drink to the health of someone)
    To drink a toast to them.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon drincan.

Phrasal Verb: drink something in
    To listen to it eagerly.To absorb it.
Phrasal Verb: drink to someone or something
    To drink a toast to them.
Phrasal Verb: drink up
    To finish (a drink) by drinking.To finish drinking.




drunk
verb
    1. Past participle of drink.
adj
    1. Lacking control in movement, speech, etc through having consumed an excess of alcohol.
      Thesaurus: intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, lit up (slang), tanked up (slang), plastered (slang), sloshed (slang); Antonym: sober.
noun
    1. A drunk person, especially one regularly so.
Idiom: drunk with something
    Intoxicated or overwhelmed with it.
      Example: drunk with love


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