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BEERY (beerier, beeriest)

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Irregular inflected forms: beerier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, beeriest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does beery mean? 

BEERY (adjective)
  The adjective BEERY has 1 sense:

1. smelling of beerplay

  Familiarity information: BEERY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEERY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: beerier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: beeriest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Smelling of beer

Similar:

drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Derivation:

beer (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)


 Context examples 


At last, in my despair, I saw a little door in the roof, and on poking it open, a red eye appeared, and a beery voice said...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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