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# skinful

«skinful» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a skinful)

### meaning for a pupil

(UK, Australia, informal, slang) A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday adult talk in Britain and Australia, «had a skinful» means drank too much. In stories it shows a drunk character. Safety: alcohol is harmful, especially for children. Phrases: have a skinful.

### examples

- Uncle Ray had a skinful at the wedding and fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x1)
- He'd had a skinful, so he got a taxi home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x2)
- They had a skinful at the pub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x3)
- After a skinful, you shouldn't drive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x4)
- Grandpa said the sailor had a skinful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x5)
- Mum frowned: «He's had a skinful again.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/#x6)

### note

Informal slang; only used in «have/had a skinful». Countable in form but rarely plural. Safety: never drive after drinking alcohol.

### In the corpora

- ["A skinful" (UK slang) means enough alcohol to make someone very drunk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skinful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.