beery

[ beer-ee ]

/ ˈbɪər i /

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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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How to use beery in a sentence

Finally, he waved—a quick flip of his right hand—and the cart wheeled around, the beery bleachers still chanting “A-LI!”
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes he sings along with the animated bakers and cooks and gas stations at the top of his boyish beery baritone.
Cue for Quiet|Thomas L. Sherred
Falstaff, the beery lout, would be an impossible companion, and Prince Hal a tiresome young cub who wanted a good dressing-down.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
The miller hauled his slow-moving team aside, with beery-thick objurgations and apologies.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet

By the beery dissipated crowd outside, I say, this obvious fact had been lost sight of.
Days and Nights in London|J. Ewing Ritchie
Now and then she had suddenly landed on a slum, caught sight of, all beery and bloody, through the chink of a black lane.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George

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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