Skinful

//ˈskɪnfəl// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill a skin.

    "a skinful of wine"

  2. 2
    a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk wordnet
  3. 3
    Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation. colloquial

    "I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night."

  4. 4
    Plenty; a large amount. slang

    "To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?"

Synonyms

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bellyfulbumpercapacitychargecomplementcram

Example

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"I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night."

Etymology

From skin + -ful.

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