pie-eyed

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pie-eyed

(pī′īd′)

adj. Slang

Intoxicated; drunk.

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pie-eyed

adj

a slang term for drunk¹

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pie′-eyed`

adj. Slang.

drunk; intoxicated.

[1880–85, Amer.]

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Adj.

pie-eyed - very drunk

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, pissed, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight

jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

Translations

pie-eyed

[ˈpaɪˈaɪd] ADJ → como una cuba, jumado

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