plastered
pronunciation
How to pronounce plastered in British English:
UK [ˈplɑ:stəd]
How to pronounce plastered in American English:
US [ˈplæstərd]
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- Adjective:
- (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- very drunk
Word Origin
- plastered (adj.)
- "coated with plaster," late 14c., past participle adjective from plaster (v.). Slang meaning "very drunk" attested by 1912, perhaps from plaster in medical sense of "to apply a remedy to; to soothe" (see plaster (n.)).
Example
- 1. Some cars were plastered with multiple club logos .
- 2. Although there were two here , with oversized pictures of chinese dishes plastered across their grimy windows , both were closed .
- 3. But opposition activists have plastered pictures of the property on the moscow metro .
- 4. We were really plastered last night .
- 5. Government buildings and websites are plastered with election propaganda , a violation of electoral law that has been met with only the most timid of protests from the mostly pro-government board of the electoral authority .