Reverse Dictionary: DRUNK – VERBS

VERBS
► ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN to admit to being drunk → 1839 Amer. dial.
► ACKNOWLEDGE THE MALT to admit to being drunk → 1865 Amer. dial.
► ADD A NAIL TO ONE’S COFFIN to drink heavily, to get drunk → 1821 sl.
► AFFLICT to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ALCOHOLIZE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ALKY UP to get drunk → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► AMEBIATE to get drunk → Bk1966 US students’ sl.
► BACCHANALIZE  to indulge in drunken revelry → 1656
► BADDEN to become drunk → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago usage
► BARROW to take home a drunkard, who is reclining or passed out, in a wheelbarrow → M19
► BE ALL KEYHOLE to be drunk → M19 sl.
► BE ALL MOPS AND BROOMS to be bewildered, to be intoxicated → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BE BIT BY A BARN WEASEL to be drunk → 1673 obs.
► BE DISGUISED ITSELF to be drunk → 1848 Ireland
► BEER to get drunk on beer → 1780 colloq.
► BEERGOGGLE to get drunk until incapacitated → Bk2007 sl.
► BE IN THE MITHERS to be very drunk → Bk1847 Eng. dial.
► BE ON THE BOTTLE to be on a drinking bout; to be intoxicated → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BE SHOT IN THE NECK to be drunk → 1855 Amer. sl.
► BE STONKERED to be very drunk → 1940s Aust. sl.
► BEMUSE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► BOIL to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► BOOZE UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► BOOZIFY to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► BUNG ONE’S EYE to get drunk; to drink a dram; to drink heartily → L18 sl.
► BURN WITH A LOW BLUE FLAME to be very drunk → Bk1990 Amer. sl.
► BUY THE SACK to become slightly drunk → c1720 sl.
– to get drunk → c1720 sl.
► CABBAGE to be drunk → 2000s sl.
► CAN to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CAPSIZE to fall over when drunk → L18 sl.
► CATCH A FACE to get drunk → 1974 Amer. sl.
► CATCH A FOX ► CATCH THE FOX to get drunk; to be very drunk → 1699 obs.
► CATCH ONE to get drunk on beer → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CHARGE ► CHARGE UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CLIP THE KING’S ENGLISH to slur one’s words when drunk; hence, to be drunk → L17 sl.
► COME DOWN to begin to recover from the effects of alcohol or drunk intoxication → Bk2006 US sl.
► CONFESS THE CORN to admit to being drunk → 1842 Amer. dial.
► COP A BUZZ to get drunk → 1970s US sl.
► COP A HEAD to become drunk → Bk2006 US sl.
► COP A REELER to get drunk → 1930s sl.
► CORN to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CROCK to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CRUNK to get drunk → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CUP to make drunk; to supply with cups, i.e. with liquor → a1616 obs.
► CUT ONE’S LEG to be drunk → 17C colloq.
► CUT to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CUT ONE’S WOLF LOOSE  to get drunk; to go on a drinking bout → Bk2006 US sl.
► DAMAGE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► DELEER to make drunk, to render ‘delirious’ → 1821 Sc.
► DISGUISE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► DISTEMPER to make drunk → 1656 US
► DIZZIFY to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► DRIVE A NAIL INTO ONE’S COFFIN to drink heavily, to get drunk → 1836 sl.
► DRUNK to make drunk; to saturate or fill with drink → a1382 obs.
► DRUNKARDIZE to act like a drunkard → 1632 obs.
► DRUNKEN to become drunk; to drink to excess → c1000 obs.
► DRUNKIFY to make drunk → 1664
► EBRIOLATE to make drunk → 1623
► ELECTRIFY to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► ELEVATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► EXALT to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FALL IN THE THICK to become very drunk → L19 sl.
► FALL INTO THE BOTTLE to become a drunkard → 1990 US sl.
► FALL OUT to faint or collapse, esp. if intoxicated → 2008 African-American sl.
► FEEL FINE to be slightly drunk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FEEL GOOD to be slightly drunk → 1927 Amer. dial.
► FEEL GROOVY to be drunk → Bk2006 US sl.
► FEEL NO PAIN to be drunk to the point of insensibility → 1947 sl.
► FLUSTER to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FLUSTERATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FLUSTICATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FLY HIGH to be drunk → c1860 sl.
► FOX to get drunk → 1649 obs.
► FUDDLE ► FUDDLE UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► FUDDLE ONE’S NOSE to get drunk → 1663
► FUDDLE ONE’S CAP to get drunk → 1719
► FUZZ to make drunk, to fuddle → 1685 obs.
► FUZZLE to make drunk; to get drunk → 1621 obs.
► GAMMON LUSHY  to pretend to be drunk → 1812 sl.
► GAMMON QUEER to pretend to be drunk → 1812 sl.
► GET A BAG ON to be drunk; to be on a drunken spree → 1951 US sl.
► GET ABOARD to be drunk → 19C sl.
► GET A BUN ON to get drunk → 1901 sl.
► GET A CAN ON to get drunk → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GET A DROP IN ONE’S HEAD to be the worse for liquor → Bk1902 Sc.
► GET A JAG ON to become drunk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GET A SHINE ON to become drunk → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GET A SKATE ON to get drunk → Bk1913 Amer. dial.
► GET ONE’S EARS BACK to become drunk; to start to show the effects of liquor → 1968 Amer. sl.
► GET ONE’S HEAD BAD to get drunk → 1964 African-American sl.
► GET ONE’S NOSE WET to get drunk → 1913 US sl.
► GET ONE’S NUFF to be drunk → 1890 sl., orig. military usage
► GET ROTTEN to become exceedingly drunk → 1941 Aust. sl.
► GET SPUN to get drunk → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GET TROUSERED to get drunk → 1977 sl., chiefly UK & Irish
► GILD to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► GIN ► GIN UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► GO OVER THE COGNAC TRAIL to get drunk → World War I Amer. sl.
► GO TO JERICHO to become drunk → M18 sl.
► GOOF to become drunk → 1940s US sl.
► GROG ► GROG UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HANG ONE ON to get very drunk → 1945 sl.
► HANG OUT THE FLAG OF DEFIANCE to be constantly drunk → 1690
► HAVE A BAG ON to be drunk; to be on a drunken spree → 1947 US sl.
► HAVE A BRICK IN ONE’S HAT to be overcome with liquor; to be drunk → 1849 US
► HAVE A BUN ON to be drunk; to become drunk  → 1901 US sl.
► HAVE A CAN ON to get drunk; to go on a drinking spree → 1923 US sl.
► HAVE A CROOKED ELBOW to be a drunkard → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► HAVE A GLOW ON to be slightly drunk → M20 US sl.
► HAVE A HEAD FULL OF BEES to be drunk → 1737 sl.
► HAVE A HEAT ON to be drunk → 1912 US sl.
► HAVE A JAG ON to be drunk → Bk1896 sl.
► HAVE A LOAD ON to be drunk →  1598 sl.
► HAVE AN EDGE ON to be drunk → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE A PACKAGE ON to be drunk → 20C US sl.
► HAVE A SHINE ON to be drunk → 1950 Amer. dial.
► HAVE A SKATE ON to be drunk → 20C sl.
► HAVE A SKINFUL to have too much alcohol; to be alcohol intoxicated → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE A SLANT ON to be drunk → E20 Amer. sl.
► HAVE A SNOOT FULL to be drunk → 1918 US sl.
► HAVE A TURKEY ON ONE’S BACK to be drunk → 19C US sl.
► HAVE BALLAST ON BOARD to be drunk → 1891 Amer. dial.
► HAVE BEEN IN THE SUN to be drunk → 1770 sl.
► HAVE BEEN IN THE SUNSHINE to be drunk → 1857 sl.
► HAVE BEEN TALKING TO JAMIE MOORE to be drunk → Bk1896 Sc. sl.
► HAVE COME FROM LIQUORPOND STREET to be drunk → c1825 Brit. sl.
► HAVE DRINK to be slightly drunk → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► HAVE ENOUGH UNDER ONE’S CAP to be drunk → a1734 obs.
► HAVE HAD A DROP TOO MUCH to be drunk → 1888 sl.
► HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO to be drunk → L19 sl.
► HAVE HALF A BAG ON to be drunk → 1951 Amer. dial.
► HAVE HOT BALLS to be drunk → 1980s US students’ sl.
► HAVE IN SOME LIQUOR to be drunk → 20C W. Indies
► HAVE IN SOME RUM to be drunk → 20C W. Indies
► HAVE ON A BARLEY-CAP to be tipsy → 1611 obs.
► HAVE ONE’S BACK TEETH AFLOAT to be very drunk → 20C
► HAVE ONE’S BACK TEETH AWASH to be very drunk → 20C
► HAVE ONE’S CAP SET to be drunk → 1597 obs.
► HAVE ONE’S BRAIN ON A LEASH to be drunk → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE’S EYES OPENED to be drunk → 1933 sl.
► HAVE ONE’S NIGHTCAP ON to be drunk → 1770 sl.
► HAVE PADDLED to be drunk → Bk1903 sl.
► HAVE THE SUN IN ONE’S EYES to be drunk → 1840
► HEAR THE OWL HOOT to get drunk → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► HOOCH ► HOOCH UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HOP ► HOP UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HUNT A TAVERN FOX to get drunk → 1746
► HUNT THE FOX to get drunk → 1599 obs.
► ILLUMINATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► INEBRIATE to make drunk → 1555
► INSPIRE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► JAG ► JAG UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► JAZZ UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► JINGLE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► KILL BRAIN CELLS to get drunk → 1983 US sl.
► KILL ONE’S DOG to be drunk → E18 US sl.
► LAP THE GUTTER to be very drunk → c1850 sl.
► LIGHT UP to become drunk; to have a drink → 1900s US sl.
► LUBRICATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► LUSH IT UP to become drunk → L19 sl.
► LUSH-ROLL  to rob drunkards → 1957 US sl.
► LUSH UP to get drunk; to drink liquor → 1893 Amer. sl.
► MAKE AN EXAMPLE to get drunk → L17 sl.
► MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE to be drunk; to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard → 1737 Amer.
► MAKE Ms AND Ws to be drunk; to walk in a zigzag fashion → 19C Brit. sl.
► MAUDLE to make slightly drunk → 1795
► MAZZEN to be slightly drunk → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MUDDLE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► MUG to get drunk → 1653 sl. obs.
► NEED A REEF TAKEN IN to be drunk → Bk1903 sl.
► NICE to get drunk → 1986 sl.
► NIP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► NUDGE to get drunk; to drink heavily → 1979 Aust. sl.
► OBFUSCATE to make drunk → 1729 sl.
► OIL to drink; to become drunk; to render drunk →1900 sl.
► OIL THE WIG to become drunk → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► OIL UP to get drunk; to take a drink of liquor → 1870 Amer. sl.
► ORGANIZE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► OVERTAKE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PAINT ONE’S NOSE to get drunk → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PARALYSE to make drunk → L19 sl.
► PASS OUT to lose consciousness due to drunkenness → M20 US sl.
► PICKLE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PIFFLICATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PIN A CAN ON to get drunk; to go on a drinking spree → 1941 US sl.
► PITCH A DRUNK to have a drinking spree and get drunk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PLASTER to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PLOUGH to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► POLLUTE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PRESERVE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► PRIME ► PRIME UP to fill with alcoholic drink; to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1788 colloq.
► PUT ANOTHER NAIL IN ONE’S COFFIN to get drunk → E19 sl.
► PUT UNDER to make drunk → 1930s sl.
► QUEER to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► RACK UP to get drunk → Bk1970 US students’ sl.
► RAISE HELL to be drunk and boisterous → 20C Amer. colloq.
► RAISE SAND to be drunk and boisterous → 20C Amer. colloq.
► RUSH THE BUCKET to get drunk; to drink freely → 1900 US sl.
► RUSH THE CAN to get drunk; to drink freely → 1884 US sl.
► RUSH THE GROWLER to get drunk; to drink freely → 1887 US sl.
► SCRAMBLE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SEE TWO MOONS to be drunk → 1722 Amer. sl.
► SET UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SHELLACK to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SHOOT THE CAT to vomit, esp. from too much drinking; to be drunk → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOW DRINK ► SHOW ONE’S DRINK to be drunk → 20C US sl.
► SKATE to become drunk → 1900 US students’ sl.
► SPIFLICATE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SPRING to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SPRINKLE to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► STEAL A MANCHET OUT OF THE BREWER’S BASKET to be drunk → 1737 sl.
► STEAM UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► STEW to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► STUCCO to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SWACK to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SWALLOW A HAIR ► SWALLOW A HARE to become very drunk → M17 sl.
► SWALLOW A SAILOR to get drunk on rum → L19 UK port sl.
► SWALLOW A TAVERN-TOKEN to get drunk → 1601 obs.
► TEA UP to become drunk; to drink to excess → 1887 Amer. dial.
► TEAR THE MOOR to get very drunk → 1855 Eng. dial. 
► THROW ON A FACE to get drunk → 1974 Amer. sl.
► TIE A BAG ON to get drunk; to go on a drinking spree → 1951 US sl.
► TIE A BUN ON to get drunk → 1901 sl.
► TIE A CAN ON to get drunk; to go on a drinking spree → 1951 US sl.
► TIE ONE ON to get drunk; to go on a spree → 1940s US sl.
► TIP to make drunk → 1605 sl. obs.
► TIPPLE to make drunk → 1566 obs.
► TIPSIFY to make slightly drunk → 1848
► TOXIFY to intoxicate; to make a person drunk → 1863 obs.
► TUNE UP to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► UPHOLSTER to make very drunk → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► WEAR A BRICK IN ONE’S HAT to be drunk; to be under the influence of liquor → 1848 US
► WHIP THE CAT to get drunk → 1622 obs.
► WRITE ONESELF OFF to get very drunk → Aust. sl.