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likker

Syllables: lik·ker/ˈlɪk.ɚ/

likker is the eye dialect spelling of liquor.

Meaning of liquor

Noun

liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)

  1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
    • Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia
  2. (obsolete) A beverage, any drinkable liquid.
  3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
  4. (UK) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
  5. (Australia, Canada, US) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
    • Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.1879, Chas. McArmor, The New Handbook of Vienna […] , 2nd edition, Otto Maass, page 106
  6. (broadly) Any alcoholic beverage.

See all 11 meanings of liquor

Forms of likker

plurallikkers

Words formed from likker

Questions about likker

What is likker the eye dialect spelling of?
Likker is the eye dialect spelling of liquor.
How do you pronounce likker?
Likker is pronounced /ˈlɪk.ɚ/.

Words near likker in the dictionary

  1. likingness
  2. likings
  3. likins
  4. Likinses
  5. likish
  6. likker
  7. likker up
  8. likkered
  9. likkers
  10. likkle
  11. liknoi

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