blotto

[ blot-oh ]

adjectiveSlang.
  1. very drunk; so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing.

Origin of blotto

1
1915–20; blot1 (v.) + -o

Words Nearby blotto

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How to use blotto in a sentence

  • He used to come very nasty sometimes, and once or twice he was fair blotto!

    The Air Pirate | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • She wasn't exactly blotto, but she had evidently laid a good foundation for a first-class jag.

    Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam Piper
  • We ceased to think there was any harm in being occasionally "blotto" at night, or in employing the picturesque army word "bloody."

    Tell England | Ernest Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for blotto

blotto

/ (ˈblɒtəʊ) /


adjective
  1. slang unconscious, esp through drunkenness

Origin of blotto

1
C20: from blot 1 (vb); compare blot out

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