beery

[beer-ee]

adjective

beerier, beeriest 

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

Other Word Forms

• beerily adverb
• beeriness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beery¹

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

Example Sentences

Just off Australia’s largest container port lies a sickle-shaped neighborhood with a scent so distinctive that passing taxi drivers will sometimes roll down their windows for a whiff of the rich and unmistakably beery aroma.

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Bitterness in the right place, with a full beery back.

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It happened in a tournament of 53 teams, at a time when the selection process seemed much more raffish and maybe even beery.

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Even the humble, beery gathering to watch the game at home is deemed ill advised.

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The blasts shattered the beery euphoria of Oktoberfest and left many on Sunday wondering what caused them.

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