Drunk - English meaning

adjective

Containing or relating to alcohol.

Usage examples:

Alcoholic liquor

noun

Suffering from alcoholism.

Usage examples:

His alcoholic daughter was the cause of his anxiety

noun

A person who is unable to give up the habit of drinking too much alcohol

Usage examples:

Alcoholic content

adjective

Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Even in my befuddled state i could see that they meant trouble

verb

Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

Usage examples:

The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

adjective

Confused and unable to think clearly

Usage examples:

The director was sitting there looking somewhat befuddled.

verb

Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).

Usage examples:

People consume a good deal of sugar in drinks

verb

To use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts

Usage examples:

Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time., they consume a lot of candy., fire had consumed…

verb

To use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities

Usage examples:

It's a province of china which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year., this device will monitor how …

noun

An alcoholic, especially one who experiences intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol.

Usage examples:

Surely no one would employ a dipsomaniac as a barman

noun

Someone suffering from dipsomania

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

noun

A person who drinks a particular drink.

Usage examples:

Coffee drinkers

noun

A person who drinks (a stated type of liquid)

Usage examples:

A coffee drinker

noun

A person who is habitually drunk.

Usage examples:

Envisioning a new medical speciality to address this ailment, the aaci built a network of private i…

noun

A person who often drinks large amounts of alcohol

Usage examples:

Her husband turned out to be a drunkard.

adjective

Drunk or intoxicated.

Usage examples:

Gangs of drunken youths roamed the streets

adjective

Under the influence of alcohol, or a situation in which a lot of alcohol has been drunk

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Usage examples:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Usage examples:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

verb

Drink (alcohol).

Usage examples:

They were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer

verb

To drink

adjective

Unable to do or achieve (something).

Usage examples:

Wilson blushed and was incapable of speech

adjective

Unable to do something

Usage examples:

She’s incapable of hurting a fly.

verb

Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

Usage examples:

It is a rum-based drink designed more to inebriate the masses than to please the palate

noun

A drunkard.

Usage examples:

He was marked down as an inebriate

adjective

Drunk; intoxicated.

Usage examples:

He had been known to get hopelessly inebriate

adjective

Drunk; intoxicated.

Usage examples:

I got mildly inebriated

verb

Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

Usage examples:

It is a rum-based drink designed more to inebriate the masses than to please the palate

verb

Breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.).

Usage examples:

They were taken to hospital after inhaling fumes

verb

To breathe in something

Usage examples:

[ i/t ] she inhaled (the fresh air) deeply., two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.

adjective

Drunk or under the influence of drugs.

Usage examples:

Officials are reporting an increase in the number of intoxicated students requiring medical attention

verb

(of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behaviour.

Usage examples:

We don't allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs

adjective

Drunk

Usage examples:

He was charged with driving while intoxicated.

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

adjective

Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.

Usage examples:

A bout of maudlin self-pity

noun

The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.

Usage examples:

She had a silver crucifix around her neck

verb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We started necking on the sofa

noun

The part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders

Usage examples:

She rubbed her neck., his shirt was open at the neck., a vase with a long neck

verb

Drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

Usage examples:

He quaffed pint after pint of good berkshire ale

noun

An alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

Porter is a dark, malty quaff

verb

To drink something quickly or in large amounts

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Usage examples:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Usage examples:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

verb

Drink (something) by taking small mouthfuls.

Usage examples:

I sat sipping coffee

noun

A small mouthful of liquid.

Usage examples:

She took a sip of the red wine

verb

Drink in sips

noun

A tough-skinned terrestrial mollusc which typically lacks a shell and secretes a film of mucus for protection. it can be a serious plant pest.

Usage examples:

Slugs and snails are mainly nocturnal, and the sun's heat can be fatal to slugs and to all mollusc …

verb

Drink (something, typically alcohol) in a large draught; swig.

Usage examples:

She picked up her drink and slugged it straight back

noun

A hard blow.

Usage examples:

Adam frowned and gave him a hard slug in the shoulder.

noun

A habitual drunkard.

Usage examples:

A few nifty lighting tricks later, and we're riding the rails with a host of yin-yang character pai…

verb

Drink alcohol habitually.

Usage examples:

The few reckless vagabonds with whom he sotted in the alehouse

verb

Take (drink or liquid food) by sips or spoonfuls.

Usage examples:

She supped up her soup delightedly

noun

A sip of liquid.

Usage examples:

He took another sup of wine

verb

Eat supper.

Usage examples:

You'll sup on seafood delicacies

verb

Cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.

Usage examples:

She swallowed a mouthful slowly

noun

An act of swallowing something, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

He downed his drink in one swallow

noun

A migratory swift-flying songbird with a forked tail and long pointed wings, feeding on insects in flight.

Usage examples:

The central aim of our study was to demonstrate that both natural and sexual selection have been im…

verb

Drink in large gulps.

Usage examples:

Dave swigged the wine in five gulps

noun

A large gulp of drink.

Usage examples:

He took a swig of tea

verb

To drink something in large swallows

Usage examples:

He took a swig of coffee.

verb

Wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it.

Usage examples:

I swilled out the mug

noun

Kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs.

Usage examples:

Government yesterday also placed an immediate ban on swill (kitchen refuse) bought from ships after…

verb

To drink something, usually alcohol, in large amounts

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

noun

A habitual drinker of alcohol.

Usage examples:

Furtive and nimble tipplers and topers nightly dodged through alleys and back yards under the noses…

noun

A revolving frame or cage in which a truck is inverted to discharge its load.

Usage examples:

A surveyor and engineer, he built coal tipples and air shafts for the mining industry.

noun

Someone who often drinks alcohol

adjective

Slightly drunk.

Usage examples:

Tipsy revellers

adjective

Slightly drunk