wino

noun

Definition of winonext
as in alcoholic

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Recent Examples of wino Hank not only acknowledges the wino sleeping outside his stoop, but takes a minute to give him money. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Aug. 2025 Feed your wino friend's sense of curiosity with the most popular wine club in the land. — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023 Some started at The Sweet Factory, then spent the afternoon dipping a hand into the candy bag like a wino with a bottle. — Rich Cohen, wsj.com, 29 Apr. 2023 These were given suitably stupid names, like selectrons, sneutrinos, squarks, photinos, and my personal (least) favorite, the wino boson. — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2023 If your uncle is a wino, this is the membership service to set him up with. — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022 During a 1968 vote-fraud investigation with the Chicago Daily News, Recktenwald went undercover as a Skid Row wino and registered to vote at a succession of flophouses over several weeks. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021 The business also hosts events, including wine tastings and wino bingo. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wino
  1. alcoholic
  2. drunkard
  3. drinker
  4. inebriate
  5. boozer
  6. sot
  7. souse
  8. boozehound
Noun
  • The play recounts the father-son dynamic between Shaw and his father, Thomas, who was also an alcoholic and who died when Robert Shaw was 12.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • Dinner is a three-course meal, accompanied by one complimentary alcoholic beverage, while additional menu options are also available.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Definition of alcoholic
Noun
  • In invalidating the comparisons, Gorsuch focused on the purpose of the laws aimed at the habitual drunkards of the 18th century.
    — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
  • Erin Murphy, the attorney representing Hemani, countered that the whole point of the historical laws was to distinguish between drinkers and drunkards.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Definition of drunkard
Noun
  • Many studies have found that coffee drinkers have lower rates of liver cancer, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • Even for the die-hard coffee drinker, sipping on a delicious cup of tea now and again can provide health benefits, promote relaxation and help lower stress.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of drinker
Noun
  • One of American drama's most intriguing case studies, Hickey is the hardware salesman who returns to his old tawdry haunt not on one of his periodic benders but on a mission to reform the resident inebriates of their belief in a better tomorrow.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
  • The group proposed extending the winter shelter through May, boosting treatment for serial inebriates and reporting all homeless incidents and issues to a single coordinator.
    — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
Definition of inebriate
Noun
  • At first glance, The Blue Stoops looks like your classic British boozer.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026
  • In Manchester's Northern Quarter, diners slurp oysters to a late-night DJ soundtrack; in Glasgow, Basque cooking is taking center stage; in Leeds, a Victorian boozer is the best place to eat right now.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of boozer
Noun
  • The Rangers, who held a 16-7 sot advantage in the second, stormed the B’s zone after that and Korpisalo did start to battle well.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the occasional poignancy of both Toby and Andrew, the sot and the fool, doesn’t emerge in this production.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of sot
Noun
  • Both actors were the sons of souses (Dick Hopkins, on retiring from the baking trade, opened a pub), and the stuff was in their bloodstream.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Mars in your sign only happens every two years, souse this time wisely.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
Definition of souse
Noun
  • Ordinary rebels — even ones born from boozehounds — taking down a dictator are inspirational.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Post Malone, pop’s premier sad-sack boozehound, has returned with F-1 Trillion, his first long-form foray into pure country music.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of boozehound

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