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beery

[ beer-ee ]

adjective

, beer·i·er, beer·i·est.
  1. of, like, or abounding in beer:

    a stale, beery smell.

  2. affected by or suggestive of beer:

    beery exuberance; beery breath.



beery

/ ˈbɪərɪ /

adjective

  1. smelling or tasting of beer
  2. given to drinking beer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbeerily, adverb
  • ˈbeeriness, noun
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Other Words From

  • beeri·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beery1

First recorded in 1840–50; beer + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Just off Australia’s largest container port lies a sickle-shaped neighborhood with a scent so distinctive that passing taxi drivers will sometimes roll down their windows for a whiff of the rich and unmistakably beery aroma.

Bitterness in the right place, with a full beery back.

It happened in a tournament of 53 teams, at a time when the selection process seemed much more raffish and maybe even beery.

But when my father picked up the telephone on the sixth or seventh ring, his voice, beery and irritated, gave me a hard, dry feeling in my throat and I hung up.

Even the humble, beery gathering to watch the game at home is deemed ill advised.

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