drunk driving — drunk driving, adj. the operating of a motor vehicle while drunk. * * * noun [noncount] chiefly US : the act of driving a vehicle while drunk He was arrested for drunk driving. called also drunken driving (Brit) drink driving * * * ˈdrunk driving … Useful english dictionary
drunken — [[t]drʌ̱ŋkən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Drunken is used to describe events and situations that involve people who are drunk. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor... He hit her with a frying pan during a drunken brawl. 2) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n… … English dictionary
drunk´en|ness — drunk|en «DRUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor; drunk: »The noisy, drunken man was arrested by the police. SYNONYM(S): intoxicated. 2. caused by being drunk: »a drunken act, drunken words. 3. often drinking too… … Useful english dictionary
drunk´en|ly — drunk|en «DRUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor; drunk: »The noisy, drunken man was arrested by the police. SYNONYM(S): intoxicated. 2. caused by being drunk: »a drunken act, drunken words. 3. often drinking too… … Useful english dictionary
drunk|en — «DRUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor; drunk: »The noisy, drunken man was arrested by the police. SYNONYM(S): intoxicated. 2. caused by being drunk: »a drunken act, drunken words. 3. often drinking too much… … Useful english dictionary
drunk — [druŋk] vt., vi. [ME dronke < dronken, DRUNKEN] pp. & archaic pt. of DRINK adj. 1. overcome by alcoholic liquor to the point of losing control over one s faculties; intoxicated 2. overcome by any powerful emotion [drunk with joy] 3. Informal … English World dictionary
drunken — drunk|en [ˈdrʌŋkən] adj [only before noun] 1.) drunk or showing that you are drunk ▪ McBride was a drunken bully. ▪ She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. 2.) drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party … Dictionary of contemporary English
drunken — drunk·en drəŋ kən adj 1) DRUNK (1) <a drunken driver> 2 a) given to habitual excessive use of alcohol b) of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication <drunken parties> c) resulting from or as if from intoxication <a drunken… … Medical dictionary
drunk — adj 1. intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, inebrious, bibacious, crapulent, crapulous; drunken, sodden, besotted, sotted, sottish, awash, Literary. in one s cups; under the weather; saturated, soused, full, Scot. fou; tipsy, grogged, Archaic.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
drunken — drunk•en [[t]ˈdrʌŋ kən[/t]] adj. 1) intoxicated; drunk 2) given to drunkenness 3) pertaining to, caused by, or marked by intoxication: a drunken quarrel[/ex] • Etymology: earlier form of drunk drunk′en•ly, adv. drunk′en•ness, n. usage: See drunk … From formal English to slang
drunken — [druŋk′ən] vt., vi. [ME dronken < OE druncen, pp. of drincan, to DRINK] archaic pp. of DRINK adj. 1. intoxicated or habitually intoxicated; drunk 2. caused by, characterized by, or occurring during intoxication [drunken driving]: Used before a … English World dictionary