Slang Entry # 38 - soak

soak noun a drunk UK, 1820

soak verb to use something as collateral for a loan US, 1972

soaked adjective drunk. First recorded by Benjamin Franklin in 1737 US, 1737

soaker noun 1 a surfer who lingers in the water, rarely catching a wave US, 1991. 2 a pawnshop CANADA, 1976. 3 an extremely large halibut US, 1997