half+drunk
11Half seas over — Sea Sea (s[=e]), n. [OE. see, AS. s[=ae]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[=e]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[ o], Sw. sj[ o], Icel. s[ae]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus fierce, savage. [root]151a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water,… …
12half-tanked — Australian Slang half drunk …
13half-seas over — drunk All the other states of drunkenness preceded by half indicate a condition of intoxication no less than the whole. In this case there is no seas over to be halved. It is used either of total drunkenness: I m half seas o er to death …
14half seas over — slang for drunk, 1736, sometimes said to be from notion of a ship heavy laden and so low in the water that small waves (half seas) wash over the deck. This suits the sense, but the phrase is not recorded in this alleged literal sense. Half seas… …
15half seas over Brit. — half seas over Brit. informal, dated fairly drunk. → half …
16half-cut — adj BrE old fashioned drunk …
17Half-cut — Drunk Kelly was so half cut the other night she hit on Jay …
18Half-cut — Drunk Kelly was so half cut the other night she hit on Jay …
19half-cut — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal ▪ drunk …
20half-seas over — Drunk, or nearly …