skinful

«skinful» in Mova's school dictionary: A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a skinful)

meaning for a pupil

(UK, Australia, informal, slang) A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday adult talk in Britain and Australia, «had a skinful» means drank too much. In stories it shows a drunk character. Safety: alcohol is harmful, especially for children. Phrases: have a skinful.

examples

• Uncle Ray had a skinful at the wedding and fell asleep. tree →
• He'd had a skinful, so he got a taxi home. tree →
• They had a skinful at the pub. tree →
• After a skinful, you shouldn't drive. tree →
• Grandpa said the sailor had a skinful. tree →
• Mum frowned: «He's had a skinful again.» tree →

note

Informal slang; only used in «have/had a skinful». Countable in form but rarely plural. Safety: never drive after drinking alcohol.

In the corpora

• "A skinful" (UK slang) means enough alcohol to make someone very drunk.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skinful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.