three sheets in the wind (Meaning)
three sheets in the wind
one manufactured for printing, a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain), to fix the responsibility for, to cover with a sheet, bedsheet, an oblong of usually cotton or linen cloth used as an article of bedding, a newspaper, magazine, or occasional publication, the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts, a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication, to extend (a sail) and set as flat as possible by hauling upon the sheets, the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper, a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth, of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal, rolled or spread out in a sheet, a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and width, a flat baking pan of tinned metal, drunk sense 1a, sail sense 1a(1), a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it, a broad surface of something, a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface, to form into sheets, a broad piece of cloth (as an article of bedding used next to the body), a usually rectangular piece of paper, a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound, pane sense 2, a broad piece of cloth, a pane of stamps, to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet, a broad stretch or surface of something, a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind, an unbound page of a book, to furnish with sheets, to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet
Synonyms & Antonyms of three sheets in the wind
Synonyms:
- stewed
- stinking
- intoxicated
- strung out
- inebriated
- canned
- blitzed
- plastered
- squiffed
- crocked
- lit
- looped
- gassed
- stoned
- juiced
- soused
- potted
- sloshed
- squiffy
- pie-eyed
- loaded
- boozy
- sottish
- cockeyed
- in one's cups
- tiddly
- oiled
- blind
- impaired
- sozzled
- blotto
- besotted
- inebriate
- tanked
- pickled
Antonyms:
three sheets in the wind Sentence Examples
- After downing a bottle of rum, the captain was three sheets in the wind and had trouble navigating the ship.
- The sailor stumbled around the deck, his words slurred and his vision blurred from being three sheets in the wind.
- The three sheets in the wind partygoers caused a commotion at the bar, spilling drinks and breaking glasses.
- The intoxicated driver swerved across the road, a clear sign that he was three sheets in the wind.
- The businessman lost his job after being caught three sheets in the wind at a client meeting.
- I knew my friend was three sheets in the wind when he started dancing on the table and singing at the top of his lungs.
- The three sheets in the wind dog barked incessantly, its voice echoing through the neighborhood.
- The three sheets in the wind gambler staked his last dollar on a risky bet, hoping to win it all back.
- The politician's career was ruined after a leaked video showed him stumbling and slurring while three sheets in the wind.
- The three sheets in the wind teenager stumbled home, his parents waiting to give him an earful in the morning.
FAQs About the word three sheets in the wind
one manufactured for printing, a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain), to fix the responsibility for, to cover with a sheet, bedsheet, an oblong of
fried, in the bag, wet, tipsy, under the influence, lit up, under the weather, tight, wiped out, wasted
dry, sober,straight, cool, steady, level,temperate,abstemious, abstinent, teetotal
After downing a bottle of rum, the captain was three sheets in the wind and had trouble navigating the ship.
The sailor stumbled around the deck, his words slurred and his vision blurred from being three sheets in the wind.
The three sheets in the wind partygoers caused a commotion at the bar, spilling drinks and breaking glasses.
The intoxicated driver swerved across the road, a clear sign that he was three sheets in the wind.
