beery

American  

[beer-ee] / ˈbɪər i /

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.

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beery British  

/ ˈbɪərɪ /

adjective

1. smelling or tasting of beer

2. given to drinking beer

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Other Word Forms

• beerily
  adverb
• beeriness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of beery

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

Example Sentences

Having a higher seed come 2,094 miles from home to face a lower seed 249 miles from home can seem raffish and beery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022

At the novel’s heart are two fictional characters, Ross Weatherall and Allie O’Connor, who briefly met as teenagers at a beery “Bush Bash” in Lubbock, Texas, in 1978.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2019

Onstage, Davies' energetic calisthenics and campy, beery antics aimed to convey a taste of the warm sing-along togetherness that was his and Dave's childhood introduction to music-making in regular gatherings of their extended family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2014

He thought if he'd managed to dismantle a joke in front of such a tough, beery crowd, he could develop this.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2013

He heard loud, wild peals of derisive laughter crashing all about him and caught blurred glimpses of wicked, beery faces smirking far back inside the bushes and high overhead in the foliage of the trees.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller