four sheets

four sheets

slang Extremely drunk. A shortening of "four sheets to the wind." Most likely derived from nautical terminology, in which a "sheet" is the rope that controls the sails of a tall ship; if several sheets are loose or mishandled, the boat's movement becomes unsteady and difficult to control, like that of a drunk person. On his 21st birthday, Jeff's friends took him to every bar in town until he was four sheets.See also: four, sheet

four sheets

verbSee four sheets in the windSee also: four, sheet