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Brahms

Brahms adjective: pissed, drunk.

Adjective

Brahms (comparative more Brahms, superlative most Brahms)

  1. (Cockney, slang) Pissed, drunk.
    • Now if we can all avoid getting Brahms at lunchtime, we'll be fine. Actually that is proving less of a problem the more we gig. No one drinks, snorts or smokes anything (other than fags) before shows.2010, Luke James, Stairway to Nowhere, page 39
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Synonyms of Brahms

Forms of Brahms

comparativemore Brahms
superlativemost Brahms

Origin of Brahms

Shortened from the rhyming slang Brahms and Liszt for "pissed".

Words formed from Brahms

Phrases with Brahms

Questions about Brahms

What does Brahms mean?
Brahms means pissed, drunk.
What part of speech is Brahms?
Brahms is an adjective.

Words near Brahms in the dictionary

  1. Brahmoism
  2. Brahmoist
  3. Brahmoists
  4. Brahmos
  5. brahmoside
  6. Brahms
  7. Brahms and Liszt
  8. Brahmsian
  9. Brahmsite
  10. Brahmsites
  11. brahs

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