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beering up

beering up is the present participle and gerund of beer up.

Meaning of beer up

Verb

beer up (third-person singular simple present beers up, present participle beering up, simple past and past participle beered up)

  1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To drink a lot of beer; especially, to get drunk on beer.
    • "Nay I didn't. I found th' cart and horses at 'The Cock' door, and Cracker was inside, beering up."1885, William Bury Westall, Ralph Norbreck's Trust, page 66

Questions about beering up

What is beering up the present participle and gerund of?
Beering up is the present participle and gerund of beer up.

Words near beering up in the dictionary

  1. beerier
  2. beeriest
  3. beerily
  4. beeriness
  5. beering
  6. beering up
  7. beerish
  8. beerishly
  9. beerita
  10. beeritas
  11. beerless

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