drink taken
- adjective
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ebrio
- You could tell by her loud laughter that she had drink taken.
Examples
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It's best to avoid driving when you are drink taken, as your reaction time may be impaired.
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It's never wise to make important decisions when you have drink taken.
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He showed up late with drink taken and made a scene at the party.
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He is clearly drink taken after the party.
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Why does she always act drink taken at events?
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You could tell she was drink taken by her unsteady walk and slurred speech.
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He was drink taken after celebrating his promotion with friends at the bar.
Synonyms
168
2.8
Having too much alcohol in the body and behaving loudly or strangely
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3.0
Feeling a very strong emotion that makes you excited or unable to think clearly
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9.9
A person who is very drunk and cannot find their way home
Drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Antonyms
How Drunk
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'drink' (alcohol) and 'taken' (past participle indicating something has been consumed or affected) can plausibly infer 'having consumed alcohol' from the parts, so the core meaning is derivable. However, the noun+past-participle ordering is atypical in standard English and the collocation is infrequent, so the exact adjectival use may not be fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Drink taken comes from the simple picture of someone who has taken a drink of alcohol, meaning they have lifted a glass and drunk from it. So the phrase describes someone who has 'had alcohol' and shows its effects, like loud talk or poor choices.