drunk

Etymology

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“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.

adj

1. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
   "What part of 'you got drunk' did our parents misunderstand?" "I only drank a few shots!" 9 May 2013, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, May 9, 2013
2. Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
3. (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
   Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
4. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

noun

1. One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
2. A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
   Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire. 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10
3. A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
   Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas. 8 Jun 1858, “A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial”, in New York Times, page 4
4. A drunken state.
   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, published 2007, page 10

verb

1. past participle of drink
2. (Southern US) simple past of drink