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.