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slewed

British  
/ sluːd /

adjective

  1. slang (postpositive) intoxicated; drunk

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of slewed

C19: from slew ²


Example Sentences

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It was April 1980 and Bernard Hinault, almost unrecognisable beneath a big red balaclava, slewed doggedly on, further into the lead, somehow remaining balanced on the two wheels beneath him.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022

Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Tiger Woods lost his father, slewed off the rails, and has so far been unable to find his way back.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011

Firefighters released a woman who was trapped in her car after it slewed into a wall on a snow-covered road at Boduan, near Pwllheli, at 0500 GMT.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2010

West across lonely Nullarbor Plain, the cars slewed through mud flats and jounced across frame-cracking bogholes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the fo’c’sle the men huddled and slewed sidelong glances at each other.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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