squiffed

adjective

variants or squiffy
Definition of squiffednext
as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol the Scotsman was squiffed when he passed out by the roadside

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  1. drunk
  2. fried
  3. blind
  4. impaired
  5. smashed
  6. drunken
  7. blasted
Adjective
  • The couple's adult son claimed that his father was drunk at the time of the argument.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Tucker, blackout drunk on Slamm’d, once jumped out of a moving car.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of drunk
Adjective
  • The quick-service restaurant chain in North Carolina serves fried chicken and Eastern North Carolina barbecue, with 41 locations statewide.
    — Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Uchiko has its own executive pastry chef, Ariana Quant, who will serve up the popular milk and cereal dish, made up of fried milk, chocolate mousse and toasted milk ice cream.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of fried
Adjective
  • Schimmel is now legally blind, as the location of the brain tumor caused a backup of spinal fluid which injured his optic nerve, Johnson explains.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But the rising price of gold tells us something different: future inflation is brewing, and our central bank is blind to it.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of blind
Adjective
  • High exposure can lead to impaired cognitive development in children, as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, according to the Environmental Defense Fund and American Cancer Society.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Investigators allege Hill used the woman’s financial resources and credit rating to buy the properties, and that the woman, who is mentally impaired, did not understand what was happening.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of impaired
Adjective
  • Arriving officers found a smashed front door along with a second interior door, said Vafiades.
    — Staff report, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025
  • One famous shot in the first minutes of the film, showing reflections in a smashed snow globe, anticipates the film’s grand themes of ambition and legacy and the cracked mirror of memory.
    — John Semley, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of smashed
Adjective
  • The leading causes of those crashes were drunken and distracted driving and speeding.
    — Sofia Joucovsky, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Prosecutors accused Ferguson of intentionally killing his wife after losing his temper during a drunken argument.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of drunken
Adjective
  • The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.
    — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
Definition of blasted
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