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hammered

Date: Dec 26 2002

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“One Christmas Eve I ended up in (a) local pub, and she was there. We got completely hammered.”
- David Gray, musician, talking about seeing his ex-girlfriend during the holidays.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

very drunk, intoxicated; out of control because of the influence of alcohol

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You can use “hammered” whenever you want to describe someone who’s had too much to drink. For example, if your grandfather drinks a lot of liquor at a party, you could say that he’s hammered. Or, if you go to a bar and drink a lot of beer, you could get hammered.

Examples

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””Dude, I was so hammered last night. I drank way too much. I have a terrible hangover this morning.”“

””Cary was hammered at the holiday party. She drank too much egg nog. She could barely walk she was so drunk.”“

””If you go out tonight, don’t get hammered. You’ve got to get up early tomorrow morning. Our flight to Florida leaves at 7:00 am.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“Hammered” here means “to be drunk”.
by Wolf (Shanghai, China)
I think “hammered” means “drunk”.
by Zhang (Shanghai, China)
When you get very drunk, you get hammered.
by Léa

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