boozy

[ boo-zee ]

/ ˈbu zi /

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adjective, booz·i·er, booz·i·est.

drunken; intoxicated.

addicted to liquor.

Words nearby boozy

booze hag, booze-up, boozed-up, boozehound, boozer, boozy, bop, bophuthatswana, bopp, bopper, boppish

Origin of boozy

First recorded in 1520–30; booze + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM boozy

booz·i·ly, adverbbooz·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for boozy

I walk into the lounge area of the airport and promptly receive a glass of champagne and a boozy stamp in my passport.
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The idea for a pageant came from a boozy conversation with girlfriends.
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The young Royals have descended on Memphis, with visits to Graceland and boozy partying keeping the paparazzi happy.
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The great American novelist's boozy writings are compiled in a new collection reviewed by Jimmy So.
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No sense in argy'in' with a gun an' a boozy bluffer at the other end of it.
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Our men said they kept sober in order to strip the boozy sailor of his money, by gambling.
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One of the boozy fellows dived under the wharf, and played mud-turtle for some time, but we finally fished him out.
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It makes me sick to think of having to trust to an accident like that, like a lubberly cockney out for a boozy Bank Holiday sail.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
The boozy unshorn wretch is seen hovering round quays as packets arrive, and tippling drains in inn bars where he gets credit.
The Book of Snobs|William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for boozy

boozy

/ (ˈbuːzɪ) /

adjective boozier or booziest

informal inclined to or involving excessive drinking of alcohol; drunkena boozy lecturer; a boozy party

Derived forms of boozy

booziness, noun

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boozy

adjective, booz·i·er, booz·i·est.

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British Dictionary definitions for boozy

adjective boozier or booziest

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