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having a snootful

having a snootful is the present participle and gerund of have a snootful.

Meaning of have a snootful

Verb

have a snootful (third-person singular simple present has a snootful, present participle having a snootful, simple past and past participle had a snootful)

  1. (idiomatic) To be drunk.
    • Billy usually didn’t drink much, because the war had ruined his stomach, but he certainly had a snootful now, and he was being unfaithful to his wife Valencia for the first and only time.1969, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., chapter 2 (pages 19–42), in Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-dance with Death, Vintage edition (1991 paperback), London: Vintage Books, published 2000...

Questions about having a snootful

What is having a snootful the present participle and gerund of?
Having a snootful is the present participle and gerund of have a snootful.

Words near having a snootful in the dictionary

  1. having a screw loose
  2. having a seat
  3. having a shit
  4. having a short memory
  5. having a sixpenny bit up one's backside
  6. having a snootful
  7. having a stab
  8. having a tantrum
  9. having a thick head
  10. having a thin time of it
  11. having a thing going on

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