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.