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单词 squiffed
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Definition of squiffed in English:

squiffed

adjective skwɪftskwɪft
North American informal
  • Slightly drunk.

    〈北美,非正式〉微醉的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oh, how about Laura Nyro's ‘Sweet Blindness’ - a wonderful ode to the delights of getting more than a little squiffed!
    • And by the time the first support band came on, I was pleasantly squiffed.
    • Christina's friend Susan brought her new squeeze Mark to the bash, and there was another couple of non-bloggers there that I was just too squiffed to get their name into long-term RAM storage.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

Late 19th century: variant of squiffy.

Rhymes

adrift, drift, gift, grift, lift, rift, shift, shrift, sift, swift, thrift, uplift

Definition of squiffed in US English:

squiffed

adjectiveskwɪftskwift
North American informal
  • Slightly drunk.

    〈北美,非正式〉微醉的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Christina's friend Susan brought her new squeeze Mark to the bash, and there was another couple of non-bloggers there that I was just too squiffed to get their name into long-term RAM storage.
    • Oh, how about Laura Nyro's ‘Sweet Blindness’ - a wonderful ode to the delights of getting more than a little squiffed!
    • And by the time the first support band came on, I was pleasantly squiffed.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

Late 19th century: variant of squiffy.

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