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Synonyms
drunk (drŭngk)

verb 

Past participle of drink

adjective 

    1. Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.
    2. Caused or influenced by intoxication.
  2. Overcome by strong feeling or emotion: drunk with power.

noun 

  1. A drunkard.
  2. A bout of drinking.

usage note

Usage Note: As an adjective the form drunk is used after a verb while the form drunken is now used only in front of a noun: They were drunk last night. A drunken patron at the restaurant ruined our evening. Using drunk in front of a noun is usually considered unacceptable in formal style, but the phrases drunk driver and drunk driving, which have become fixed expressions, present an exception to this. Drunk and drunken are sometimes used to make a legal distinction, whereby a drunk driver is a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the legal limit, and a drunken driver is a driver who is inebriated.
drink (drĭngk)

[Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan.]

verb: drank (drăngk), drunk (drŭngk), drink·ing, drinks. 

transitive verb 

  1. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).
  2. To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea.
  3. To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain.
  4. To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day.
    1. To give or make (a toast).
    2. To toast (a person or an occasion, for example): We'll drink your health.
  6. To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors: drank our sorrows away.

intransitive verb 

  1. To swallow liquid: drank noisily; drink from a goblet.
  2. To imbibe alcoholic liquors: They only drink socially.
  3. To salute a person or an occasion with a toast: We will drink to your continued success.

noun 

  1. A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.
  2. An amount of liquid swallowed: took a long drink from the fountain.
  3. An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or highball.
  4. Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.
  5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See soft drink
  6. Slang A body of water; the sea: The hatch cover slid off the boat and into the drink.