beery

[ beer-ee ]

/ ˈbɪər i /

adjective, beer·i·er, beer·i·est.

of, like, or abounding in beer: a stale, beery smell.

affected by or suggestive of beer: beery exuberance; beery breath.

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Origin of beery

First recorded in 1840–50; beer + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM beery

beer·i·ness, noun

Words nearby beery

beer pump, Beers, Beersheba, Beer's operation, beer-up, beery, bee's knees, beestings, bee-stung, beeswax, beeswing

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Finally, he waved—a quick flip of his right hand—and the cart wheeled around, the beery bleachers still chanting “A-LI!”
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Catherine thought as she cordially grasped the hand of a beery object in the dark corner of the hall.
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It's the storm may come on again waur nor ever, and mak it impossible to beery her for a month!'
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A beery Milesian, ascending a ladder with a hod of mortar, slips and falls on the pavement below.
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Paris was then, as it now is becoming again—I cannot say that I like the idea—a very "beery" place.
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British Dictionary definitions for beery

beery

/ (ˈbɪərɪ) /

adjective beerier or beeriest

smelling or tasting of beer

given to drinking beer

Derived forms of beery

beerily, adverbbeeriness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for beery

adjective beerier or beeriest

Derived forms of beery