Booze - English meaning

noun

A colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel.

Usage examples:

It is an offence to drive if you have more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood

noun

A liquid that is produced in making wine, beer, and liquor and that can cause changes in behavior in people who drink it

Usage examples:

Most wines contain about 12% alcohol.

noun

A clear liquid that can make you drunk, also used as a solvent (= a substance that dissolves another) and in fuel and medicines

Usage examples:

Most wines contain around twelve percent alcohol., i could smell the alcohol on his breath., an alc…

noun

An alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

We popped into the prince of wales for a few bevvies

noun

An alcoholic drink

Usage examples:

Are you coming down the pub for a bevvy?

verb

Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Usage examples:

We sat by the fire, drinking our tea

noun

A liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.

Usage examples:

Fizzy drinks

verb

Take in liquids

noun

Strong alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

Beaches, samba and beer, football and the local firewater, are a way of life here.

noun

A very strong alcoholic drink, especially whisky

noun

Spirits (originally rum) mixed with water.

Usage examples:

The rest of the rum was poured into a large tub and mixed with water - three parts water to one of …

verb

Drink alcohol, especially to excess.

Usage examples:

He's been seen grogging up at mcintyre's

noun

Strong alcohol, such as rum, that has been mixed with water

Usage examples:

Grog was a way to make the naval rum ration more palatable., he needs to give up the grog for the s…

idiom

To start to drink too much alcohol

verb

Drink (alcohol).

Usage examples:

They were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer

verb

To drink

verb

Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

Usage examples:

We indulged in a cream tea

verb

To allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable

Usage examples:

[ i ] when i get my first paycheck i’m going to indulge in a shopping spree., [ t ] he indulged his…

noun

An intoxicating substance.

Usage examples:

Intoxicants and drugs are used by some to escape physical or psychological pain

noun

A substance such as alcohol that produces feelings of pleasure or happiness in a person

noun

Alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits.

Usage examples:

But men are more likely to order alcohol in casual dining restaurants; both men and women drink liq…

verb

Dress (leather) with grease or oil.

noun

An alcoholic drink, esp. one that has been distilled (= heated to a gas, then cooled to a liquid)

noun

Poor-quality and potentially harmful alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

Not that fearful rotgut you drink

noun

The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.

Usage examples:

We seek a harmony between body and spirit

verb

Convey rapidly and secretly.

Usage examples:

Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

plural noun

Strong alcoholic drink; liquor

Usage examples:

Sale of beer, wine, or spirits to anyone under 21 is illegal., i’ve been in low spirits all day.

verb

Wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it.

Usage examples:

I swilled out the mug

noun

Kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs.

Usage examples:

Government yesterday also placed an immediate ban on swill (kitchen refuse) bought from ships after…

verb

To drink something, usually alcohol, in large amounts

noun

A container for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck

Usage examples:

A bottle of perfume, the soda is bottled in atlanta.

idiom

Alcohol and its unpleasant effects

noun

Strong alcohol

Usage examples:

A drop of the hard stuff would you like a drop of the hard stuff?

verb

Drink alcohol, especially habitually.

Usage examples:

Those who liked to tipple and gamble

noun

An alcoholic drink.

Usage examples:

She drank several glasses of sherry, her favourite tipple

noun

An alcoholic drink

Usage examples:

What's your tipple? (= what alcoholic drink do you usually drink?)

verb

Drink alcohol to excess, especially on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

He was toping the while from a flagon of sack

noun

Another term for stupa.

noun

(in south asia) a grove or plantation of trees, especially mango trees.

Usage examples:

In 1894, rice reported that there were about 2000 topes with about 100,000 trees in the entire bang…

noun

Spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for twelfth night and christmas eve.

Usage examples:

A mighty bowl of wassail in which the apples were hissing and bubbling

verb

Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

Usage examples:

He feasted and wassailed with his warriors

noun

Especially in the past, warmed beer or wine with spices added that is drunk at christmas time, usually from a large bowl

Usage examples:

By the middle ages, the practice of sharing a giant bowl of wassail evolved from a holiday celebrat…