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pisshead
English
Etymology
From piss +? head.
Pronunciation
Noun
pisshead (plural pissheads)
- (Britain, Australia, derogatory, vulgar, slang) A person who regularly overindulges in alcoholic drink.
- Synonyms: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drunkard; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
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drunk
English
Etymology
From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ?edruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkan? (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dr?ngk, IPA(key): /d???k/, /d?????k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Adjective
drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)
- Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 557:
- So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 557:
- Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
- Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
- Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
Synonyms
- (intoxicated from alcohol): See Thesaurus:drunk
- (habitually of frequently intoxicated from alcohol): boozy, sottish
- (saturated with moisture): See Thesaurus:wet
- (slightly intoxicated):
tipsy, buzzed
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
drunk (plural drunks)
- One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
- A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
- Synonyms: alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
- A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
- 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4:
- Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas.
- 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4:
- A drunken state.
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
- 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!
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drunk
- past participle of drink
- (Southern US) simple past tense of drink
Anagrams
- Knurd, knurd
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