drunk
Not able to think or walk normally because you drank a lot of alcohol.
No longer fully in control of your thinking, speech, or movement because you have consumed too much alcohol.
A person who drinks a lot of alcohol very often, usually in a bad or unhealthy way.
A person who frequently drinks too much alcohol, especially someone whose drinking causes problems.
"Drunk" is the past participle of "drink". Use it with "have/has/had" to say that someone has finished drinking something.
The past participle form of the verb "drink", used especially in perfect tenses and the passive voice to show that liquid has been consumed.
So full of a feeling or power that you cannot think clearly or normally.
So strongly filled with a particular emotion or quality that it affects normal thinking or behavior.
- Base: drunk
- Comparative: drunker
- Superlative: drunkest
- Base: drunk
- Plural: drunks
blind drunk
1Extremely drunk
Very, very drunk.
- By the end of the night he was blind drunk.
- She got blind drunk at the party and had to be carried home.
- They were blind drunk and couldn’t even find the door.
drive drunk
1Operate a vehicle while drunk
To drive a car or other vehicle after drinking too much alcohol.
- Never drive drunk, even if you think you feel fine.
- She was arrested because she drove drunk and caused an accident.
- His brother swore he would never drive drunk again.
drunk and disorderly
1Publicly drunk and causing trouble
A legal phrase for being drunk in a public place and behaving in a noisy or dangerous way.
- He was arrested for being drunk and disorderly outside the bar.
- The police warned that drunk and disorderly behavior would not be tolerated.
- She spent the night in jail on a drunk and disorderly charge.
drunk as a skunk
1Extremely drunk (humorous)
Very drunk, said in a funny or playful way.
- He came back from the bar drunk as a skunk.
- They were drunk as skunks and laughing at everything.
- She got drunk as a skunk at her birthday party.
drunk dial
1Call someone while drunk
To call someone on the phone when you are drunk, often saying things you would not say when sober.
- Don’t drunk dial your ex; you’ll regret it tomorrow.
- He woke up and realized he had drunk dialed his boss.
- She laughed about the time she drunk dialed her favorite singer’s fan line.
drunk driving
1Driving a vehicle while drunk
The crime of driving a car or other vehicle after drinking too much alcohol.
- He lost his license because of drunk driving.
- The government is running a campaign against drunk driving.
- Drunk driving accidents increase during the holidays.
drunk tank
1Jail cell for drunk people
A special room or jail cell where very drunk people are kept until they are sober.
- He spent the night in the drunk tank after the festival.
- The police took the loud tourists to the drunk tank.
- They joked that he had his own bed in the drunk tank.
drunk text
1Text message sent while drunk
A text message that someone sends when they are drunk.
- She woke up embarrassed after reading the drunk texts she had sent him.
- Never reply to a drunk text; wait until the morning.
- He apologized for the drunk text and asked her to ignore it.
falling-down drunk
1So drunk you can’t stand
So drunk that you can hardly stand or walk without falling.
- He came home falling-down drunk at three in the morning.
- She was falling-down drunk and needed help to get into a taxi.
- They watched the falling-down drunk man stumble along the sidewalk.
get drunk
1Become intoxicated with alcohol
To drink enough alcohol to become drunk.
- We didn’t plan to get drunk; it just happened.
- He gets drunk every Friday night after work.
- They got drunk on cheap wine at the festival.
stinking drunk
1Very heavily drunk
Extremely drunk.
- He showed up stinking drunk to the family dinner.
- They were stinking drunk by midnight and singing loudly in the street.
- She didn’t want to get stinking drunk in front of her coworkers.