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单词 blootered
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Definition of blootered in English:

blootered

adjective ˈbluːtədˈblo͞odərd
Scottish informal
  • Very drunk.

    I was thinking of going to the pub and getting well and truly blootered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First impressions can be deceptive, as she discovered on that first night when she got blootered and half the house took against her.
    • You could always stay in a 'hangover hotel', which the Scottish Executive is considering establishing for people so blootered that they can't find their way home at night.
    • Remember when night buses charged £1.70 (now it's £1) which confused the blootered late stop-outs?
    • The guide continues: "Although on average Scots consume less alcohol per head than the French, much of it is in the form of binge-drinking; that is, going out to the pub on Friday and Saturday night and getting, well, blootered."
    • So I went and got blootered in a Brighton hotel.
    • Despite having lived in this area all of my life, it was the first time I've spent New Year's Eve locally, in my local, getting blootered on Guinness, champagne and whisky.
    • He pursued a different strategy...and got blootered.
    • I really need to get exceptionally blootered in public.
    • Add a finger of kir to be posh, or a sugarcube and a splash of brandy to be blootered.
    • And when one gets smashed and blootered, one does the decent thing and keeps mum - unlike footballers, who just cry for Mum.
    • Our young women are now officially the most blootered in Europe, and some surveys show a terrifying, tenfold increase in the incidence of cirrhosis in people aged 25-40 over the past three decades.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

1980s: from blooter + -ed2.

Definition of blootered in US English:

blootered

adjectiveˈblo͞odərd
Scottish informal
  • Very drunk.

    I stayed out late at the blues club and came home blootered
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You could always stay in a 'hangover hotel', which the Scottish Executive is considering establishing for people so blootered that they can't find their way home at night.
    • He pursued a different strategy...and got blootered.
    • First impressions can be deceptive, as she discovered on that first night when she got blootered and half the house took against her.
    • Remember when night buses charged £1.70 (now it's £1) which confused the blootered late stop-outs?
    • I really need to get exceptionally blootered in public.
    • So I went and got blootered in a Brighton hotel.
    • Our young women are now officially the most blootered in Europe, and some surveys show a terrifying, tenfold increase in the incidence of cirrhosis in people aged 25-40 over the past three decades.
    • Add a finger of kir to be posh, or a sugarcube and a splash of brandy to be blootered.
    • Despite having lived in this area all of my life, it was the first time I've spent New Year's Eve locally, in my local, getting blootered on Guinness, champagne and whisky.
    • The guide continues: "Although on average Scots consume less alcohol per head than the French, much of it is in the form of binge-drinking; that is, going out to the pub on Friday and Saturday night and getting, well, blootered."
    • And when one gets smashed and blootered, one does the decent thing and keeps mum - unlike footballers, who just cry for Mum.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

1980s: from blooter + -ed.

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