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beer league
[ beer leeg ]
noun
- a community sports league, such as for hockey, softball, or soccer, whose members are amateurs of diverse ages and walks of life and play purely for the fun and socializing involved: games are usually accompanied or followed by alcohol and food:
My dad has played hockey in a beer league for years now, along with accountants, plumbers, and students.
adjective
- relating or belonging to an amateur community sports league typically more focused on social activity than athletic prowess:
Whether at the professional level or the beer-league level, team chemistry is just as important as talent.
A few years back my beer league softball team lost our sponsor, so we had to come up with a new name.
- typical or suggestive of a beer league, especially in lacking skill, sophistication, professionalism, etc.:
After a decade of low-end, beer-league uniforms, even hospital gowns would be an upgrade for this major-league team.
As impressed as I was that my beer-league therapist had delivered a major-league, insightful diagnosis, I was in no mood to discuss it.
That kind of haphazard management seems pretty beer league.
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Other Words From
- beer lea·guer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beer league1
First recorded in 2010–15
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