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Phrs. Drunk, very intoxicated. E.g."She was three sheets to the wind and still downing gin and tonics quicker than they could pour them."
Sheets is slang for phencyclidine.
A sailor who has drunk strong spirits beyond his capacity. Derived from the term used for the situation on a three-masted ship when the sheets fly loosely, and cause the ship to meander aimlessly downwind.
Having sex. This term was made famous by the 1985 video "Dancing in the Sheets" which starred Mick Jagger and David Bowie [definition correction] {The phrase is incorrectly stated as a David Bowie/Mick Jagger song. They song they sang was "Dancing in the STREETS" which was a remake of the 1960's song by Martha Reeves and the Vandelles. The group that sang. "Dancing in the SHEETS" was the group Shalamar around 1985-86. Subbmitted by Stephanie Bizzle 02-05-2002 Indianapolis, IN USA.
to be in style, stylish, or cool (usually used when talking about fashion)
Throwing all three darts in the same number
Three sheets to the wind is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated.
"To Be Three Sheets in the Wind"
Casting out all three sails, causing the ship to shudder and stagger like a drunken sailor.
To take refuge in a tree, usually said of a wild animal. To tree oneself, is to conceal oneself behind a tree.
to be commited to doing something
Between the sheets is British slang for in bed.
I'll be there is London Cockney rhyming slang for chair.
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v. t.
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
v. t.
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
a.
To thrive; to prosper.
a.
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
a.
Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
n.
The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
imp. & p. p.
of Sheet
pron.
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
a.
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
v. i.
See Thee.
n.
Anything in the form of shears.
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
v. t.
To expand, as a sheet.
v. t.
To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.
prep.
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
prep.
Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.
v. i.
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
n.
A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
v. i.
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
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