full as a goog

full as a goog adjective: having eaten too much.

Adjective

full as a goog (not comparable)

(Australia, colloquial, simile) Having eaten too much.
- ‘I′m full as a goog, Mr Goldberg. Couldn′t manage another crumb.’1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page
- After a while I sat back and breathed a heavy sigh. “I am full as a goog!”2003, Michael Michalak, A Voice from the Ashes: A Tribute to Elaine, page 74
(Australia, broadly, colloquial) Very drunk.
- “Well, old Foll was in that bar, as full as a goog.” Mr Jennings leered with the delight that seeing old Foll full as a goog had brought him.1974, Brian James., The Advancement of Spencer Button, page 95
- Amos′s grin widened, “You mean the man was drunk?”
  Mathewson laughed out loud, “He was full as a goog but you said it, laddie, I din′t!”2005, Clara M. Miller, The Eye of the Storm, page 147

‘Don't worry this one′s as full as a goog.2007, James Woodford, Whitecap, page 39:
Jack′s as full as a goog and near the Town Hall he spews up his lunch. (Of course, neither of them today has any idea that Jack will one day be Premier of New South Wales.)2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 167:

See Australian slang goog (“egg”).

What does full as a goog mean?: Full as a goog means having eaten too much.
How do you use full as a goog in a sentence?: ‘Don't worry this one′s as full as a goog.
What part of speech is full as a goog?: Full as a goog is an adjective.

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