slewed

/ sluːd /

adjective

1. slang,  (postpositive) intoxicated; drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of slewed¹

C19: from _slew ²

Example Sentences

Razi screamed as they slewed to the side and righted themselves again.

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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.

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

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Sophie, Countess of Wessex, has given an emotional interview about the Duke of Edinburgh and described how the pandemic has “slewed” the grieving process.

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I could hear the wheels sliding and it slewed around and backed and whirled and just as I was thinking what the hell they were up to, I saw that red tie.

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