home brew,homebrew- an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home hooch,hootch- an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor kava,kavakava- an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub aperitif- alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer ...
An alcohol, C2H6O, obtained from the fermentation of sugars and starches and also made artificially. It is the intoxicating ingredient of alcoholic beverages, and it is also used as a solvent. Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol. The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second ...
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Origin ofdrink1 First recorded before 900;Middle Englishdrinken,Old Englishdrincan;cognate withDutchdrinken,Germantrinken,Gothicdrinkan,Old Norsedrekka Discover More Idioms and Phrases drive someone crazy (to drink) into the drink meat and drink to ...
[countable, uncountable] alcohol or an alcoholic drink; something that you drink on a social occasion for a drink They went for a drink together. Are you coming for a drink with us after work? There were free drinks at the bar for everyone. The drinks are on me (= I'll pay for the...
Q. alcoholismI am 17 years old and I love to drink alcohol. I go out partying and drinking every night with my friends. How can I tell if I am an alcoholic or just like to drink? A.At age 17, it may seem like fun to go out and party and get drunk every night, but its sym...
Effects of long-term (chronic) alcoholismLong-term use of alcohol affects virtually every organ system of the body: Nervous system. An estimated 30-40% of all men in their teens and twenties have experienced alcoholic blackout from drinking a large quantity of alcohol. This results in the lo...
(of an alcoholic drink)small: a short drink. Chiefly British.(of whiskey) undiluted;straight. Ceramics.(of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled. Ropemaking.hard ( def 39 ). adverb abruptly or suddenly: to stop short. briefly;curtly. ...
opposite non-alcoholic see also soft drinkTopics Drinksb1 Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. caused by drinking alcohol The guests left in an alcoholic haze. regularly drinking too much...