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

Derived Forms

• ˈbeerily, adverb
• ˈbeeriness, noun

Other Words From

• beeri·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beery¹

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

Example Sentences

Finally, he waved—a quick flip of his right hand—and the cart wheeled around, the beery bleachers still chanting “A-LI!”

From The Daily Beast

Sometimes he sings along with the animated bakers and cooks and gas stations at the top of his boyish beery baritone.

From Project Gutenberg

Falstaff, the beery lout, would be an impossible companion, and Prince Hal a tiresome young cub who wanted a good dressing-down.

From Project Gutenberg

The miller hauled his slow-moving team aside, with beery-thick objurgations and apologies.

From Project Gutenberg

By the beery dissipated crowd outside, I say, this obvious fact had been lost sight of.

From Project Gutenberg

Now and then she had suddenly landed on a slum, caught sight of, all beery and bloody, through the chink of a black lane.

From Project Gutenberg