shellacked

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Meaning · English

Drunk.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.

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 “shellacked” mean?

Drunk.

Is “shellacked” formal or informal?

shellacked is generally slang.