ALKY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alky mean? 

• ALKY (noun)
  The noun ALKY has 1 sense:

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

  Familiarity information: ALKY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse

Hypernyms ("alky" is a kind of...):

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)

 Context examples 

An antineoplastic agent that replaces hydrogen atom(s) in nucleophilic moieties with alky radical(s), hindering proper function.

(Antineoplastic Alkylating Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Agents that replace hydrogen atom(s) in biologically active molecules with alky radical(s), hindering proper function.

(Alkylating agent, NCI Thesaurus)