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It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
Charles Baudelaire

Meaning of "drunk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRUNK

Old English druncen, past participle of drincan to drink.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DRUNK

drunk  [drʌŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRUNK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drunk can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DRUNK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

drunk

Alcohol intoxication

Alcohol intoxication is a physiological state induced by the ingestion of ethyl alcohol. Alcohol intoxication is the consequence of alcohol entering the bloodstream faster than it can be metabolized by the liver, which breaks down the ethanol into non-intoxicating byproducts. Some effects of alcohol intoxication are central to alcohol's desirability as a beverage and its history as one of the world's most widespread recreational drugs. Despite this widespread use and alcohol's legality in most countries, many medical sources tend to describe any level of alcohol intoxication as a form of poisoning due to ethanol's damaging effects on the body in large doses, and some religions consider alcohol intoxication to be a sin. Symptoms of alcohol intoxication include euphoria, flushed skin and decreased social inhibition at lower doses, with larger doses producing progressively severe impairments of balance, muscle coordination, and decision-making ability as well as nausea or vomiting from alcohol's disruptive effect on the semicircular canals of the inner ear and chemical irritation of the gastric mucosa.

Definition of drunk in the English dictionary

The first definition of drunk in the dictionary is intoxicated with alcohol to the extent of losing control over normal physical and mental functions. Other definition of drunk is overwhelmed by strong influence or emotion. Drunk is also a person who is drunk or drinks habitually to excess.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRUNK


bunk
bʌŋk
chipmunk
ˈtʃɪpˌmʌŋk
chunk
tʃʌŋk
cyberpunk
ˈsaɪbəˌpʌŋk
dunk
dʌŋk
funk
fʌŋk
hunk
hʌŋk
junk
dʒʌŋk
monk
mʌŋk
podunk
ˈpəʊdʌŋk
preshrunk
priːˈʃrʌŋk
punk
pʌŋk
shrunk
ʃrʌŋk
skunk
skʌŋk
slam-dunk
ˌslæmˈdʌŋk
spunk
spʌŋk
sunk
sʌŋk
trunk
trʌŋk
undrunk
ʌnˈdrʌŋk
unshrunk
ʌnˈʃrʌŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRUNK

drummed
drummer
drummer boy
drummies
drumming
Drummond of Hawthornden
drummy
drums
drumstick
drunk driver
drunk driving
drunk tank
drunkalogue
drunkard
drunkathon
drunken
drunken driving
drunkenly
drunkenness
drunkometer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRUNK

cabin trunk
clunk
countersunk
crunk
debunk
dry drunk
flunk
half-drunk
kerplunk
plunk
postpunk
punch-drunk
Saratoga trunk
slam dunk
slunk
space junk
stunk
thunk
tree trunk
wardrobe trunk

Synonyms and antonyms of drunk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DRUNK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drunk» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of drunk

Translation of «drunk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRUNK

Find out the translation of drunk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drunk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drunk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喝醉了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

borracho
570 millions of speakers

English

drunk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नशे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثَمِل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пьяный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bêbado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ivre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mabuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betrunken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酔った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

술취한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mabuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

say rượu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடித்துவிட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्यालेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarhoş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ubriaco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pijany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

п´яний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

beat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεθυσμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dronk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

full
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

full
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drunk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNK»

The term «drunk» is very widely used and occupies the 6.505 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUNK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drunk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drunk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drunk

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10 QUOTES WITH «DRUNK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word drunk.
1
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
2
Saffron Aldridge
I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
3
Isaac Asimov
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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Dave Attell
Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people 'the cops.' But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice; those kids gotta get to school!
5
Alben W. Barkley
The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.
6
Charles Baudelaire
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
7
Jose Bergamin
The man who gets drunk in peacetime is a coward. The man who gets drunk in wartime goes on being a coward.
8
Jonathan Brandis
I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school.
9
Joe Bob Briggs
It's not a crime to get drunk.
10
Harold Brodkey
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUNK»

Discover the use of drunk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drunk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Drunk Driving Defense
Today, mounting a successful drunk driving defense is more difficult than ever. That's why DWI attorneys rely on Drunk Driving Defense.
Lawrence Taylor, Steven Oberman, 2006
2
Drunk Mom: A Memoir
Her struggle to regain her sobriety is recorded in the same unsentimental, unsparing, sometimes grimly comic way. But the happy outcome is evidenced by the existence of this brilliant book: she has lived to tell the tale.
Jowita Bydlowska, 2013
3
One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900
This book is a fascinating study of the culture of drunk driving, grassroots and professional efforts to stop it, and a public that has consistently challenged and tested the limits of individual freedom.
Barron H. Lerner, 2011
4
Color Me Drunk: A Drinking and Drawing Activity Book
A drinking & drawing activity book—a novel ways to spend a happy hour.
Potter Style, 2012
5
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How ...
Drunk Tank Pink proves that the truth behind our feelings and actions goes much deeper than the choices we take for granted every day.
Adam Alter, 2013
6
Drunk Driving: An American Dilemma
Assesses the extent of the problem in the U.S., evaluates current policies, and discusses related constitutional issues
James B. Jacobs, 1989
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Flying Drunk: The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight, ...
July 26, 1990 – present: Joe Balzer fights for redemption and to regain all that he has lost. Flying Drunk is his story. Since he was a young boy, Joe Balzer dreamed of flying.
Joseph Wesley Balzer, 2009
8
Drunk in Sunlight
Accessible and wry, at times comic, and often mournful, Daniel Anderson's poetry is relentlessly attentive to the splendors of the natural world.
Daniel Anderson, 2007
9
Blind Drunk: Light at the End of the Tunnel for Anyone ...
Light at the end of the tunnel for anyone living with a loved one's alcohol problem If your life has been brought down by a loved one's drinking problem or affected by the family disease of alcoholism, then this book is for you.
Anne Morshead, 2013
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Confronting Drunk Driving: Social Policy for Saving Lives
In this controversial book, a noted authority argues that drunk driving cannot be controlled by punishments administered through the criminal justice system alone. instead, H. Laurence Ross offers a range of practical solutions to the ...
Hugh Laurence Ross, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRUNK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drunk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Glitch actor Patrick Brammall on the fine line between being drunk
Even if Patrick Brammall had the power to bring someone back from the dead, he wouldn't. “Nope,” he says. “Once you are dead, stay dead.”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Horde of 5500 'drunk and fornicating' teens drive shocked families …
Hordes of drunk and rowdy teens forced terrified families off a beach after they invaded the sand on the hottest day of the year so far. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Drunk clubber calls 999 at 4am to complain about his KEBAB
An irate takeaway customer rang 999 in the early hours to complain he had been short-changed for his kebab. The reveller called police at ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Drunk Teen Causes Flutter in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: Thudiyalur police had a tough time controlling a 17-year-old girl, who caused a flutter in an inebriated condition, before handing ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Let's Talk About Real Housewives of New York City's Drunk and …
Or how about, "drunkity-drunk-drunk-drunk"? That's how Kristen Taekman described the bizarre interaction between Dorinda Medley, Countess ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
6
911 call in officer case: Driver 'drunk as hell'
A 911 caller from the March crash which two Cincinnati police officers are accused of covering up said the driver appeared to be driving ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
7
The Crackdown on Drunk Driving
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, 1,041 people were killed in drunk driving crashes across the state last year. Forty-nine of ... «KBTX, Jul 15»
8
Plea deal means police sergeant avoids 'super drunk' designation
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Rockford Police sergeant allegedly driving while "super drunk" will avoid the harsher penalties that come with the ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Video shows a drunk driver smash through barriers blocking Surrey …
Video footage has been released of the moment a drink driver crashed through a barrier closing access to a tunnel, causing road workers to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
Man who allegedly drove drunk during chase still not charged
(KMOV.com) – The Franklin County prosecutor has yet to charge a man police said drove drunk during a chase and nearly injured two deputies. «KMOV.com, Jul 15»

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