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scuttered

scuttered adjective: very drunk. Also the simple past and past participle of scutter.

Adjective

scuttered (comparative more scuttered, superlative most scuttered)

  1. (Ireland, Munster, especially) Very drunk.
    • Last night I went out on a night on the town and came home absolutely scuttered
    • Eventually, Lydia extended an olive branch. “Were you drinking at the funeral, Mum? Maybe you don't remember ringing because you were scuttered.” “I wasn't scuttered.” “What did you have at the do?” “Two Baileys.”2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky, Penguin Publishing Group, page 197

Also used as

scuttered is also the simple past and past participle of scutter.

Forms of scuttered

comparativemore scuttered
superlativemost scuttered

Questions about scuttered

What does scuttered mean?
Scuttered means very drunk.
What part of speech is scuttered?
Scuttered is an adjective.

Words near scuttered in the dictionary

  1. scutoids
  2. scutoscutellar
  3. scuts
  4. Scutt
  5. scutter
  6. scuttered
  7. scutterer
  8. scutterers
  9. scuttering
  10. scutterings
  11. scutters

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