drunk

/dɹʌŋk/

verb

  1. 1

    To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

    He drank the water I gave him.
  2. 2

    (metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

    Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
  3. 3

    To consume alcoholic beverages.

    Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.
  4. 4

    To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

  5. 5

    To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

  6. 6

    To smoke, as tobacco.

noun

  1. 1

    One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

  2. 2

    A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

  3. 3

    A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.

  4. 4

    A drunken state.

adjective

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

  3. 3

    (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.

    Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
  4. 4

    Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

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