steamboats
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Drunk; intoxicated.
Register: slang
Examples
Joe and The Tongue especially are absolutely steamboats by the time we reach the Niccy, and the 'bouncers' – furtive damp chemistry teachers on an ego trip – turn us all sneeringly away in their clean-spitting accents:
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 “steamboats” mean?
Drunk; intoxicated.
Is “steamboats” formal or informal?
steamboats is generally slang.