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General Slang
knee-walking drunk
NEE-wawk-ing DRUNK · phrase · informal
So drunk you can barely stand.
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Definitions
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Extremely intoxicated, to the point of near-collapse.
“By last call he was knee-walking drunk.”
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knee-walking drunk In A Sentence
By last call he was knee-walking drunk.
Origin & Usage
Southern hyperbolic idiom picturing someone reduced to crawling on their knees.
Variants
knee-crawling drunk
People Also Ask
What does "knee-walking drunk" mean?
It means so intoxicated that you can barely stand and could end up crawling on your knees.
How do you use it?
Describe someone very drunk, e.g. "By last call he was knee-walking drunk."
Where is it from?
It's a Southern U.S. hyperbolic idiom exaggerating drunkenness.
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