bevvy

English

Etymology

Clipping of beverage +‎ -y (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛvi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Homophone: bevy

Noun

bevvy (plural bevvies)

1. (British, Ireland, slang) Alcoholic beverage.
   • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:

     Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.

   • 1998, Toni Davidson, Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-based Writing, page 44:

     'Want some Lou Reed?' asked Spam.
     'Nah. I'll stick to the bevvy.'

Verb

bevvy (third-person singular simple present bevvies, present participle bevvying, simple past and past participle bevvied)

1. (British, Ireland, slang, intransitive) To get drunk.
   • 2019, Craig Ferguson, Riding the Elephant:

     Anthony and I bevvied together a few nights, but the truth is I couldn't keep up.