Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, informal)Rather drunk.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I believe he was half cut because he kept acting like a fool.

    deIch glaube, er war angetrunken, denn er hörte nicht auf, sich wie ein Idiot zu benehmen. — Tickler

  2. Tom looks half-cut.

    deTom sieht betrunken aus. — Felixjp

Origin

Originally jocular derivative of now rare use of cut in this sense, which dates from the 1

Originally jocular derivative of now rare use of cut in this sense, which dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk.

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Forms

more half cut, most half cut
Comparativemore half cut Lesson
Superlativemost half cut Lesson

regular

Synonyms

288 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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