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liquor

[lik-er or for 3, lik-wawr]
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noun

a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables.
Pharmacology. solution(def 6).
a solution of a substance, especially a concentrated one used in the industrial arts.

verb (used with object)

Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often followed by up).

verb (used without object)

Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often followed by up).

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RELATED WORDS

inhale, consume, sip, drain, gulp, guzzle, suck, quaff, slurp, gargle, imbibe, down, booze, nip, belt, toast, irrigate, thirst, dissipate, slosh

Nearby words

  1. liquidize,
  2. liquidizer,
  3. liquidly,
  4. liquidus,
  5. liquify,
  6. liquor store,
  7. liquor up,
  8. liquorice,
  9. liquorice allsorts,
  10. liquorish

Origin of liquor

1175–1225; < Latin: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or1); replacing Middle English lic(o)ur < Old French (French liqueur) < Latin liquōrem, accusative of liquor
SYNONYMS FOR liquor
2. juice, drippings.
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Related formsliq·uor·y, adjectivean·ti·liq·uor, adjective
Can be confusedliqueur liquor
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British Dictionary definitions for liquor up

liquor up

verb

(adverb) US and Canadian slang to become or cause to become drunk

liquor

noun

any alcoholic drink, esp spirits, or such drinks collectively
any liquid substance, esp that in which food has been cooked
pharmacol a solution of a pure substance in water
brewing warm water added to malt to form wort
in liquor drunk; intoxicated

verb

brewing to steep (malt) in warm water to form wort; mash

Word Origin for liquor

C13: via Old French from Latin, from liquēre to be liquid
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Word Origin and History for liquor up

liquor

n.

c.1200, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from Old French licor "fluid, liquid; sap; oil" (Modern French liqueur), from Latin liquorem (nominative liquor) "liquidity, fluidity," also "a liquid, the sea," from liquere "be fluid, liquid" (see liquid (adj.)). Narrowed sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845. The form in English has been assimilated to Latin, but the pronunciation has not changed.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for liquor up

liquor

[lĭk′ər]

n.

An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.
An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.
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