get drunk

verb

To intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)

“I'm going out tonight to get drunk.”

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Meanings

verbget drunk (third-person singular simple present gets drunk, present participle getting drunk, simple past got drunk, past participle (UK) got drunk or (US) gotten drunk)

present singular third person gets drunk · participle present getting drunk · past got drunk · UK participle past got drunk · US participle past gotten drunk

  1. intransitiveTo intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)

    I'm going out tonight to get drunk.

    1 more example

    Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely.

    2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star
  2. transitiveTo make drunk. (This entry is a translation hub.)

    We got him drunk by spiking the punch.

    Synonyms: bedrink

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make drunk. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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Ancient Greek μεθύσκω
  • μεθύσκω (methúskō)transitive; to make drunk
Arabic سَكِرَ, ثَمِلَ
  • سَكِرَ (sakira)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • ثَمِلَ (ṯamila)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • أَسْكَرَ (ʔaskara)transitive; to make drunk
Catalan embriagar-se, embriagar
  • embriagar-seto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • embriagartransitive; to make drunk
Chinese Cantonese 飲醉 /饮醉, 灌醉
  • 飲醉 /饮醉 (jam² zeoi³)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • 灌醉 (gun³ zeoi³)transitive; to make drunk
Chinese Mandarin 喝醉, 灌醉
  • 喝醉 (hēzuì)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • 灌醉 (guànzuì)transitive; to make drunk
Czech opít se, opít
  • opít seto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • opíttransitive; to make drunk
Danish blive fuld
  • blive fuldto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Dutch zich bedrinken
  • zich bedrinkento intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Esperanto trinki ĝis ebriiĝo
  • trinki ĝis ebriiĝoto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Estonian purju jääma
  • purju jäämato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Finnish juopua, humaltua
  • juopuato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • humaltuato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • tulla juovuksiinto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • tulla humalaanto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • vetää naamatto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • vetää lärvitto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • juodato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • ryypätäto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • juopotellato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • vetää kännitto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • juottaatransitive; to make drunk
  • juovuttaatransitive; to make drunk
French s'enivrer, se souler
  • s'enivrerto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • se soulerto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • soulertransitive; to make drunk
  • enivrertransitive; to make drunk
German sich betrinken, saufen
  • sich betrinkento intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • saufento intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • abfüllentransitive; to make drunk
Greek μεθώ
  • μεθώ (methó)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Hindi टल्ली होना, टल्ली करना
  • टल्ली होना (ṭallī honā)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • टल्ली करना (ṭallī karnā)transitive; to make drunk
Hungarian berúg, megrészegedik
  • berúgto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • megrészegedikto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • lerészegedikto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • leissza magátto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • leitattransitive; to make drunk
  • megrészegíttransitive; to make drunk
  • lerészegíttransitive; to make drunk
Italian ubriacarsi, ubriacare
  • ubriacarsito intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • ubriacaretransitive; to make drunk
Japanese 酔っ払う, 酔う
  • 酔っ払う (yopparau)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • 酔う (you)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Lithuanian nusigerti
  • nusigertito intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Polish upić się, spić się
  • upić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • spić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • schlać sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • urżnąć sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • spoić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • zatankowaćto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • zalać pałęto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • zapić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • uwalić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • narąbać sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • wstawić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • ubzdryngolić sięto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Portuguese ficar bêbado/bêbedo, embebedar-se
  • ficar bêbado/bêbedoto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • embebedar-seto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • deixar bêbado/bêbedotransitive; to make drunk
  • embebedartransitive; to make drunk
Romanian se îmbăta, îmbăta
  • se îmbătato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • îmbătatransitive; to make drunk
Russian напива́ться, напи́ться
  • напива́ться (napivátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • напи́ться (napítʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • упива́ться (upivátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • упи́ться (upítʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • нажира́ться (nažirátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • нажра́ться (nažrátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • нализа́ться (nalizátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • назюзю́каться (nazjuzjúkatʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • наклю́каться (nakljúkatʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • надра́ться (nadrátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • наре́заться (narézatʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • насоса́ться (nasosátʹsja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Slovak opiť sa, opiť
  • opiť sato intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • opiťtransitive; to make drunk
Spanish emborracharse, emborrachar
  • emborracharseto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • emborrachartransitive; to make drunk
Swedish bli full, bli berusad
  • bli fullto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • bli berusadto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • berusa sigto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • supa sig fullto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • få full (någon)transitive; to make drunk
  • supa ner (någon)transitive; to make drunk
  • berusa (någon)transitive; to make drunk
Turkish sarhoş olmak, sarhoş etmek
  • sarhoş olmakto intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • sarhoş etmektransitive; to make drunk
Ukrainian напива́тися, напи́тися
  • напива́тися (napyvátysja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • напи́тися (napýtysja)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • п'яні́ти (pʺjaníty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • сп'яні́ти (spʺjaníty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • оп'яні́ти (opʺjaníty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • хмелі́ти (xmelíty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • захмелі́ти (zaxmelíty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • охмелі́ти (oxmelíty)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Welsh meddwi
  • meddwito intoxicate oneself with alcohol
Yiddish זיך בעטרינקען, שיכּורן
  • זיך בעטרינקען (zikh betrinken)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • שיכּורן (shikern)to intoxicate oneself with alcohol
  • אָנשיכּורן (onshikern)transitive; to make drunk
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APA

get drunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20drunk

MLA

“get drunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20drunk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get drunk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20drunk.

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