plastered

American  

[plas-terd, plah-sterd] / ˈplæs tərd, ˈplɑ stərd /

adjective

Slang.

1. drunk.

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plastered British  

/ ˈplɑːstəd /

adjective

1. slang intoxicated; drunk

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Usage

What does plastered mean? Plastered is a slang adjective that means extremely drunk.Plastered is just one of the many slang synonyms for intoxicated, including bombed, blitzed, hammered, smashed, wasted, trashed, sloshed, and tanked. Such words often imply that a person is drunk beyond a point of being able to function in even the most basic ways. Someone who’s described as plastered probably can’t even walk or talk properly. In many cases, a person who’s plastered is intoxicated to the point of blacking out—losing consciousness and probably losing their memory of what happened when they were intoxicated.Example: He got so plastered that he couldn’t remember anything that happened before he woke up in his car, which he had crashed into a tree.

Etymology

Origin of plastered

First recorded in 1910–15; plaster + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He’s watching me, a grin plastered wide on his face.

From Literature

The slogan "Play louder together" is plastered across the walls.

From BBC

She long dreamed of becoming an astronaut, she has said, noting the poster of the iconic "Earthrise" image plastered to the wall of her childhood bedroom.

From Barron's

Super Micro’s name and logo were plastered over the exhibition floor at Nvidia’s tech conference this past week in San Jose, Calif., where Huang touted a forecast of $1 trillion in chip sales.

From The Wall Street Journal

When we could finally settle down, we slept in the bed of the spring wagon, plastered all over with oats.

From Literature