kisky

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪski/
  • Rhymes: -ɪski

Adjective

kisky (comparative more kisky, superlative most kisky)

  1. (slang) Drunk.
    • 2011, Pamela Haines, The Kissing Gate:
      Another of the cousins said to Paul in an aside: 'He was very kisky last night. The drink always shuts him up — […]
    • 2019, Sarah Knott, Mother: An Unconventional History, page xxxix:
      If they had a lot to drink, they might be kisky, flying high, paralysed, boozed, or drunk as a lord, an emperor or a fish.

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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