Glasgow and wider Scottish slang for being drunk or heavily intoxicated. Sits in the same register as 'steaming,' 'blootered,' and 'minted' in Scottish dialect — vivid, emphatic, and often used with amusement rather than shame. Typically heard in casual conversation among friends; the -in' ending suggests a present-participle form that became fixed as an adjective.
By the time we found him, he was absolutely burlin' and singing on the steps of the pub.
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(Scotland, Glasgow) drunk, intoxicated.
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