sloshed

sloshed
   drunk
   To slosh is to be a glutton but there is also the imagery of an over-full container:
    ... her career of piss artistry, when she could still pretend she got sloshed out of not knowing about alcohol. (Amis, 1986)
   Usually as half-sloshed, which means no less drunk.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • sloshed — [slɔʃt US sla:ʃt] adj [not before noun] informal drunk ▪ Most of them were too sloshed to notice …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sloshed — [ slaʃt ] adjective INFORMAL very drunk …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sloshed — || slɑʃd / slÉ’ adj. intoxicated, drunk, tipsy (Slang) slɑʃ /slɒʃ n. slush, half melted snow, watery mud; splashing sound v. walk through slush, splash through water or mud; spill or splash a liquid; agitate within a liquid …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sloshed — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ drunk …   English terms dictionary

  • sloshed — [släsht] adj. Slang drunk …   English World dictionary

  • sloshed — [[t]slɒ̱ʃt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If someone is sloshed, they have drunk too much alcohol. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] Everyone else around them was getting sloshed. Syn: drunk …   English dictionary

  • sloshed — Completely drunk. I am going out this weekend and get well sloshed …   Dictionary of american slang

  • sloshed — Completely drunk. I am going out this weekend and get well sloshed …   Dictionary of american slang

  • sloshed — adjective (not before noun) informal drunk: He was already well sloshed when we got there …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sloshed (to the ears) — mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Man, is he sloshed to the ears! □ He is as sloshed as they come …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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