shickered

English

Alternative forms

• shikkered

Etymology

From Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכּור.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪkəd/

Verb

shickered

1. simple past and past participle of shicker

Adjective

shickered (comparative more shickered, superlative most shickered)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Drunk.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 458:

     ‘I'm shikkered. I've never been so shikkered before. Do you know how I know? Because,’ he started giggling, ‘because I don't normally fucking swear.’

   • 1994, Annamarie Jagose, In Translation, page 13:

     'You're shickered, dear.' She is coolly diagnostic. 'You know what you're like when you're shickered.'

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk