budgy
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Meaning · English
Drunk.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; stopped a moment at the bar to have a last tot […] and then I heard the spring-door slap after him.
[…] So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied ou
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “budgy” mean?
Drunk.
Is “budgy” formal or informal?
budgy is generally slang.