Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drunker than a skunk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: drunk-er than a skunk
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of drunk as a skunk (“highly inebriated”).

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"His eyes were warm. "Get a slug of liquor for that tooth." He turned away and walked back to the bus. She'd be drunker than a skunk when he got back, but maybe that would blow out her tubes and she'd feel better. He would sleep in Norma's bed if Alice passed out. He couldn't stand the smell of her when she was drunk."
"I was drunker than a skunk. I was three sheets to the wind. What a bagful. Right to the gills."
"Lieutenant McGuire, the boat officer, was gung-ho and he came along and just shook his head because here was his gunner's mate drunker than a skunk."
"["]He'd come home from school for a visit, and he said you—" I threw a hasty arm over my brother's shoulders, sheepish as a youngster caught stealing a cookie. "Ain't no reason to recollect on that." "You got drunker than a skunk." "And threw up for what felt like days straight.""

Etymology

From drunk as a skunk.

Usage

Colloquial

Phrases

drunker than a skunker

Questions

What does drunker than a skunk mean?: Alternative form of drunk as a skunk (“highly inebriated”).
Where does drunker than a skunk come from?: From drunk as a skunk.

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