drunk

adjective

1. 1

   Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

   "What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!"

2. 2

   Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

3. 3

   Elated or emboldened.

   Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

   drunk with recent prosperity

4. 4

   Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

   I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.

adverb

1. 1

   While drunk.

   He was arrested for driving drunk.

noun

1. 1

   One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

   She famously could not drive, but she introduced the breathalyser test to prosecute drunks who tried to.

2. 2

   A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

   Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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[…].

   Life probably would have continued in blissful ignorance if it had not been for Vito's occasional late-night drunks. Usually he got plastered and misplaced his keys […] and bellowed obscenities into our shared hallway.

   Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.

5. 5

   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

1. 1

   Also a form of drinkpast participle of drink

2. 2

   Also a form of drinksimple past of drink

Forms

plural

drunks

comparative

drunker, more drunk

superlative

drunkest, most drunk