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beery

/ˈbɪɹi//ˈbɪəɹi/

beery adjective: smelling or tasting of beer.

Adjective

beery (comparative beerier, superlative beeriest)

  1. Smelling or tasting of beer.
    Synonyms:
    beerish, beerlike
  2. Under the influence of beer.
    • Waldemar Fornalik's side had phenomenal backing from their raucous, beery, fire-cracking supporters.15 OCtober 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Proper noun capitalized: Beery

Beery (plural Beerys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Synonyms of beery

Forms of beery

Adjective
comparativebeerier
superlativebeeriest
Proper noun
pluralBeerys

Origin of beery

From beer + -y.

Variant of Berry.

Words formed from beery

Words that rhyme with beery

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about beery

What does beery mean?
Beery means smelling or tasting of beer.
What part of speech is beery?
Beery can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce beery?
Beery is pronounced /ˈbɪəɹi/ (UK).

Words near beery in the dictionary

  1. Beervana
  2. beerware
  3. beerwort
  4. beerworts
  5. beerwurst
  6. beery
  7. Beerys
  8. bees
  9. bees and honey
  10. bees in one's bonnet
  11. bees up one's ass

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