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- Dictionaryplastered/ˈplɑːstəd/
adjective
- 1. very drunk: informal "I went out and got totally plastered"
- 2. covered with or made of plaster: "coarsely plastered brickwork"
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Meaning of plastered in English. plastered. adjective [ after verb ] informal uk / ˈplɑː.stəd / us / ˈplæs.tɚd / Add to word list. extremely drunk: They went out to the bars and got plastered. Synonyms. blind drunk informal. blotto old-fashioned slang. pie-eyed informal. sloshed slang. smashed slang. sozzled UK informal.
a substance that becomes hard as it dries and is used especially for spreading on walls and ceilings in order to give a smooth surface: The plaster on the walls was cracked and flaking. See also. plasterboard mainly UK. in plaster UK (US in a cast)
: drunk, intoxicated. Move over, children. Go eat your mini eggs somewhere else as your auntie wants to get plastered. Mel Ramsay. … oh we were plastered, we barely knew what we were doing … Dave Eggers. College boys could get totally plastered, and the worst that would happen to them would be hangovers and missed morning classes. Katha Pollitt.
If something is plastered to a surface, it is sticking to the surface. If something or someone is plastered with a sticky substance, they are covered with it. If a story or photograph is plastered all over the front page of a newspaper, it is given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable.
Plastered is just one of the many slang synonyms for intoxicated, including bombed, blitzed, hammered, smashed, wasted, trashed, sloshed, and tanked. Such words often imply that a person is drunk beyond a point of being able to function in even the most basic ways.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form. adjective. (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance. “black hair plastered with pomade” synonyms: slicked. groomed. neat and smart in appearance; well cared for. adjective. very drunk. synonyms: cockeyed.
a substance that becomes hard as it dries and is used especially for spreading on walls and ceilings in order to give a smooth surface: The plaster on the walls was cracked and flaking. See also. plasterboard mainly UK. in plaster UK (US in a cast)
v.t. Building to cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster. to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris. to lay flat like a layer of plaster. Building to daub or fill with plaster or something similar. Medicine to apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.). to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively: a wall plastered with posters.
Definition of plastered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. : a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance. adhesive plaster. broadly : something applied to heal and soothe. 2. : a pasty composition (as of lime, water, and sand) that hardens on drying and is used for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions. plastery.
