swacked

/ swækt /

adjective

1. slang.
   in a state of intoxication, stupor, or euphoria induced by drugs or alcohol

Word History and Origins

Origin of swacked¹

C20: perhaps from Scottish swack a heavy blow, of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Being swacked or wing heavy was being drunk.

From Washington Post

The State Senate voted yes while virtually everybody in the capitol was getting swacked on the lobbyists’ free samples.

From New York Times

Panicked, I pulled him from the tub, dragged him into his bedroom, promptly swacked him several times, got him dressed and sentenced him to time in his room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jewelry resembles a collection of body ornaments from some lost tribe out of H. Rider Haggard--adornment for young natives swacked on pop culture who listen to Husker Du and go to art openings the way uptowners might check out the 8 o'clock movie.

From Time Magazine Archive

They mutter to one another, yell at the talking computer, spend hours�even days�gazing out of the ship's bubble-top lookout post, swacked on the enormousness of the universe.

From Time Magazine Archive