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stumble-drunk

stumble-drunk adjective: so drunk that one is clumsy and stumbling.

Adjective

stumble-drunk (comparative more stumble-drunk, superlative most stumble-drunk)

  1. So drunk that one is clumsy and stumbling.
    • In fact, patrons remembered the bar owner dragging a stumble-drunk Jefferts into the parking lot,but no one could attest to the exact reason why.2012, Paul Doiron, Trespasser
    • When they came back, stumble-drunk and bruised, drunk enough to piss their own beds, they teased and heckled him.2015, David Treuer, Prudence: A Novel

Noun

stumble-drunk (plural stumble-drunks)

  1. One who is currently or habitually stumble-drunk.
    • It's not like they're stumble-drunks – they're guys who drink themselves into that weird sobriety.2011, James Mottram, Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood
    • Also, Mrs. Krause served liquor but had no telerance for stumble-drunks and certainly not mean drunks.2012, Gilbert Morris, The River Rose, page 34

Forms of stumble-drunk

Adjective
comparativemore stumble-drunk
superlativemost stumble-drunk
Noun
pluralstumble-drunks

Origin of stumble-drunk

From stumble + drunk.

Questions about stumble-drunk

What does stumble-drunk mean?
Stumble-drunk means so drunk that one is clumsy and stumbling.
What part of speech is stumble-drunk?
Stumble-drunk can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near stumble-drunk in the dictionary

  1. stumble against
  2. stumble into
  3. stumble on
  4. stumble onto
  5. stumble upon
  6. stumble-drunk
  7. stumble-drunks
  8. stumblebum
  9. stumblebums
  10. stumbled
  11. stumbled across

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