单词 | to beer up |
释义 | > as lemmasto beer up to beer up colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. intransitive. To drink beer; to get drunk, esp. on beer. Also transitive with it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk drunkenc1000 to wash one's face in an ale clout1550 to shoe the goose, gosling1566 to catch, hunt the fox1599 to swallow a tavern-token1601 to read Geneva print1608 to whip the cat1622 inebriate1626 to hunt a tavern-fox1635 fox1649 mug1653 to fuddle one's cap or nose1663 to lose one's legs1770 gin1789 stone1858 to beer up1884 slop1899 to get, have, tie a bun on1901 shicker1906 souse1921 lush1926 to cop a reeler1937 to tie one on1951 1884 N.Y. Times 26 May 8 They made an attack upon the bar, and after ‘beering up’, started for the diamond-field. 1952 N.Y. Times Mag. 16 Nov. 10/2 The mechanics, beering up with the guys and driving off to Detroit. 1977 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Sept. 42/2 Every so-called joy of summer—whether getting wet, beering up or fleeing to the mountains—consists..of escaping the suffocating reality of the season. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go ii. 5 At least with an excuse like this nobody could blame me for beering it up. 2. transitive (in passive). To be drunk, esp. on beer; to have been drinking excessively. Esp. in to get beered up. Cf. beered-up adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 1892 Elyria (Ohio) Republican 30 June 8/4 Paul Sacke attended the memorial and got well ‘beered up’. 1930 F. D. Palsey Al Capone iii. 146 Joey Brooks..used to get beered up..and go over and ‘pull Polack Joe's shirt-tail out’. 1968 ‘E. Lathen’ Stitch in Time xiii. 110 Gene was a little beered up by then. 1998 Sunday Tel. (Electronic ed.) 12 Apr. 18 We don't want gangs of lads sitting around getting beered-up all day long. < as lemmas |
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