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Plural of drunk

regular plural

The plural of drunk is drunks.

Forms of drunk

Singulardrunk /dɹʌŋk/
Pluraldrunks /dɹʌŋks/
Countablecountable

Drunks in a sentence

  • She famously could not drive, but she introduced the breathalyser test to prosecute drunks who tried to.2025 November 26, Howard Johnston, “Top 10: Influential ministers: Barbara Castle 1965-68”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 61
  • Life probably would have continued in blissful ignorance if it had not been for Vito's occasional late-night drunks.1983 December 10, Veneita Porter, “A Little Help From Mom”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 14
  • It's your role as host to nudge the teetolers toward unsobriety and the drunks toward civility.2014, Dan Pashman, Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious, page 290. From the entry unsobriety
  • Krause served liquor but had no telerance for stumble-drunks and certainly not mean drunks.2012, Gilbert Morris, The River Rose, page 34. From the entry stumble-drunk
  • In addition, that place became a haven for some of our drunks and gold bricks.2002, Nancy Bruce, Grinning from Ear to Ear, page 47. From the entry gold brick

Meaning of drunk

  1. adjective Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
  2. adjective Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
  3. adjective Elated or emboldened.

Full definition of drunk

Questions about the plural of drunk

What is the plural of drunk?
The plural of drunk is drunks.
Is drunk countable?
Drunk is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drunk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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