drunk
pronunciation
How to pronounce drunk in British English:
UK [drʌŋk]
How to pronounce drunk in American English:
US [drʌŋk]
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- Noun:
- a chronic drinker
- someone who is intoxicated
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- Adjective:
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- as if under the influence of alcohol
Word Origin
- drunk (adj.)
- past participle of drink, used as an adjective from mid-14c. in sense "intoxicated." In various expressions, such as "drunk as a lord" (1891); Chaucer has "dronke ... as a Mous" (c. 1386); and, from 1709, "as Drunk as a Wheelbarrow." Medieval folklore distinguished four successive stages of drunkenness, based on the animals they made men resemble: sheep, lion, ape, sow. Drunk driver first recorded 1948. Drunk-tank "jail cell for drunkards" attested by 1912, American English. The noun meaning "drunken person" is from 1852; earlier this would have been a drunkard.
Example
- 1. Several drunk policemen beat to death a man from abkhazia .
- 2. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples .
- 3. She sang a pirate song and looked completely drunk .
- 4. Coffee gets cold before it can be drunk .
- 5. Was it money that stopped you getting drunk before ?