swacked

adjective

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slang

: drunk, plastered

may come home late and be too swacked to remember

—George Sklar

Word History

Etymology

probably from Scots dialect swacked, past participle of swack to drink deeply, perhaps from Middle English (Scots) swakken to fling, dash, strike

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