drunk
noun
1
: a period of drinking to intoxication or of being intoxicated
a 2-day drunk
2
: one who is drunk
especially
: drunkard
Examples of drunk in a Sentence
you can't trust anything that old drunk says
after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
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Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
Our purpose was not to get the campus drunk.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Like when Mark comes home drunk.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
Our purpose was not to get the campus drunk.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Like when Mark comes home drunk.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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“Drunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
drunk
1 of 3past participle of drink
drunk
2 of 3 adjective
1
: having consumed alcohol to the point that normal thinking or acting becomes difficult or impossible
2
: controlled by some feeling as if under the influence of alcohol
drunk with power
3
a
b
: occurring while drunk
drunk driving
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