- bevvy
- Noun. A general term for an alcoholic drink. Taken from the word beverage. Cf. 'bevvied up'.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
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bevvy — UK [ˈbevɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms bevvy : singular bevvy plural bevvies British informal an alcoholic drink … English dictionary
bevvy — /ˈbɛvi/ (say bevee) noun (plural bevvies) Colloquial an alcoholic drink: to down a bevvy or two. Also, bevvie, bevy. {bev(erage) + v + y2} …
bevvy — 1. noun /ˈbɛvi/ a) alcoholic beverage b) beverage, alcoholic beverage 2. verb /ˈbɛvi/ To drink (alcohol) … Wiktionary
bevvy — bev|vy [ˈbevi] n plural bevvies BrE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: beverage] a drink, especially an alcoholic drink ▪ Maybe she d had a few bevvies … Dictionary of contemporary English
bevvy — vb, n British (to take) an alcoholic drink. A predomi nantly working class abbreviation of beverage in use since the 19th cen tury, usually referring to beer. The term gained a new popularity among stu dents, etc. from the end of the 1980s. They… … Contemporary slang
bevvy — [[t]be̱vi[/t]] bevvies N COUNT: usu pl If you have a few bevvies, you have a few alcoholic drinks. [BRIT, INFORMAL] It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies … English dictionary
bevvy — n. (British Slang) alcoholic drink … English contemporary dictionary
bevvy — is an alcoholic drink … Scottish slang
bevvy — [ bɛvi] noun (plural bevvies) Brit. informal an alcoholic drink. Derivatives bevvied adjective Origin C19: abbrev. of beverage … English new terms dictionary
bevvy — bevvˈy or bevˈy noun (informal) 1. An alcoholic drink 2. A drinking session • • • Main Entry: ↑beverage … Useful english dictionary
