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drunk as a skunk

drunk as a skunk adjective: highly inebriated.

Adjective

drunk as a skunk

  1. (colloquial, simile) Highly inebriated.

Synonyms of drunk as a skunk

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Origin of drunk as a skunk

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

Questions about drunk as a skunk

What does drunk as a skunk mean?
Drunk as a skunk means highly inebriated.
What part of speech is drunk as a skunk?
Drunk as a skunk is an adjective.

Words near drunk as a skunk in the dictionary

  1. drunk as a cunt
  2. drunk as a fiddler
  3. drunk as a fiddler's bitch
  4. drunk as a lord
  5. drunk as a piper
  6. drunk as a skunk
  7. drunk as a sow
  8. drunk as a wheelbarrow
  9. drunk as an owl
  10. drunk as Chloe
  11. drunk as David's sow

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