wino

Noun (1)

wino (plural winos or winoes)

1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
   • My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 43

   Synonyms:

   alcoholic, drunk, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound

   1. (derogatory, especially) Such a drunkard who is homeless.
      • Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond
      • I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 782
2. (informal) A wine enthusiast.

   Synonyms:

   oenophile

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈwiːnəʊ/

wino (plural winos)

1. A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.