three-sheets
Sailing term: wasted
Three-sheets is short for "three sheets to the wind," meaning very drunk.
The phrase comes from sailing, where sheets are ropes controlling sails—if three come loose, the vessel lurches unpredictably, like a staggering drunk: He was three-sheets by the time we left the bar.
tipsy
Mildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
sloshed · hammered · wasted · blotto · sozzled · stewed · pickled · smashed · soused · tanked
sail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
windward · leeward · halyard · jib · mainsail · boom · tack · line · rope · cleat