- slang intoxicated; drunk
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plas•tered /ˈplæstɚd/USA pronunciation adj. [be + ~][Slang.]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- very drunk.
plas•tered
(plas′tərd, plä′stərd),USA pronunciation adj. [Slang.]
- Slang Termsdrunk.
- plaster + -ed2 1910–15
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plastered /ˈplɑːstəd/ adj
plas•ter /ˈplæstɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Buildinga pasty mixture of lime, sand, and water, applied to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Building, Fine Artplaster of Paris.
- Medicinea solid preparation spread upon cloth or other material to form a case, then applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose, as holding a broken limb in place:He had one arm in plaster.
v.
- Building[~ + object] to cover, fill, or smear with plaster.
- to cause to lay flat: [~ + object + down]He used some gooey hair tonic to plaster his hair down.[~ + down + object]to plaster down his hair.
- to spread or cover with something, esp. thickly or too much:[~ + object]The students plastered the walls with posters.
- Informal Terms[~ + object]
- to defeat completely:In the last game they plastered us 10-0.
plas•ter
(plas′tər, plä′stər),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
plas′ter•er, n.
plas′ter•i•ness, n.
plas′ter•like′, plas′ter•y, adj.
- Buildinga composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- powdered gypsum.
- Building, Fine ArtSee plaster of Paris.
- Medicinea solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, esp. for some healing purpose.
v.t.
- Buildingto cover (walls, ceilings, etc.) with plaster.
- to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
- to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
- Buildingto daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
- Medicineto apply a plaster to (the body, a wound, etc.).
- to overspread with something, esp. thickly or excessively:a wall plastered with posters.
- Informal Terms
- to defeat decisively;
trounce;
drub. - to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.
- to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.
- to defeat decisively;
- Greek émplastron salve, alteration of émplaston, neuter of émplastos daubed; see em-2, -plast
- Medieval Latin plastrum plaster (both medical and building senses), aphetic variant of Latin emplastrum
- Middle English, Old English bef. 1000
plas′ter•i•ness, n.
plas′ter•like′, plas′ter•y, adj.
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plaster /ˈplɑːstə/ n
- a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry
- Brit Austral NZ an adhesive strip of material, usually medicated, for dressing a cut, wound, etc
- short for mustard plaster, plaster of Paris
- to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster
- (transitive) to apply like plaster
- (transitive) to cause to lie flat or to adhere
- (transitive) to apply a plaster cast to
- (transitive) slang to strike or defeat with great force
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