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drunk off

drunk off is the past participle of drink off.

Meaning of drink off

Verb

drink off (third-person singular simple present drinks off, present participle drinking off, simple past drank off, past participle drunk off)

  1. (dated) To drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp.
    • Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off; […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about drunk off

What is drunk off the past participle of?
Drunk off is the past participle of drink off.

Words near drunk off in the dictionary

  1. drunk driving
  2. drunk from a firehose
  3. drunk from the fire hydrant
  4. drunk from the furry cup
  5. drunk in
  6. drunk off
  7. drunk one's own Kool-Aid
  8. drunk out
  9. drunk someone under the table
  10. drunk something like lemonade
  11. drunk tank

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drunk off (page history and authors); drink off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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