gesuip

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans gesuip, from Afrikaans suip (“to drink”). Compare Dutch gezuip, zuipen.

Adjective

gesuip (comparative more gesuip, superlative most gesuip)

1. (South Africa, slang) drunk
   • 1999, Aqua: The PADI Diving Society Magazine, volume 2, number 4, page 55:

     In fact, I'd been slightly gesuip ever since I'd settled into my seat in preparation for the 14-hour nonstop flight from Miami to Cape Town.

   • 2005, Anne Schuster, Foolish Delusions, page 178:

     Sebastian smirks, 'She was too gesuip, too drunk to see anything.'

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk