drunk
noun
- intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption
adjective
- intoxicated after ingestion of ethanol (alcohol)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɹʌŋk/
adj
Etymology: 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 trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
- Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
“So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart.”
“"What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!"”
- Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- Elated or emboldened.
“Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.”
“drunk with recent prosperity”
- Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
“I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.”
adv
Etymology: 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 trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
- While drunk.
“He was arrested for driving drunk.”
noun
Etymology: 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 trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
- One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
“She famously could not drive, but she introduced the breathalyser test to prosecute drunks who tried to.”
- A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
“Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.”
- A person whose behaviour when drunk tends to be of a specified kind.
“He's a talkative drunk; three beers in and he's chattering away about everything.”
- A drinking bout; a period of drunkenness.
“Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas.”
“I wisht somebody would take me off on a drunk. I want to get stinkin', paralyzin', forgettin'-drunk[…].”
- A drunken state.
“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!”
verb
Etymology: 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 trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
- past participle of drink
- simple past of drink