drunk

1. drunk (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

Example: 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.

2. drunk (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

3. drunk (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Elated or emboldened.

Example: Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

4. drunk (adv) — sense 4

Definition: While drunk.

Example: He was arrested for driving drunk.

5. drunk (noun) — sense 5

Definition: One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

Example: She famously could not drive, but she introduced the breathalyser test to prosecute drunks who tried to.

6. drunk (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

Example: Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.

7. drunk (noun) — sense 7

Definition: A person whose behaviour when drunk tends to be of a specified kind.

Example: He's a talkative drunk; three beers in and he's chattering away about everything.