Antonyms for liquor up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lik-er or for 3, lik-wawr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪk ər or for 3, ˈlɪk wɔr |
Definition of liquor up
Origin :- c.1200, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from Old French licor "fluid, liquid; sap; oil" (Modern French liqueur), from Latin liquorem (nominative liquor) "liquidity, fluidity," also "a liquid, the sea," from liquere "be fluid, liquid" (see liquid (adj.)). Narrowed sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845. The form in English has been assimilated to Latin, but the pronunciation has not changed.
- As in sup : verb drink
- As in tank up : verb drink
- As in drink : verb take in liquid
- Say, let's liquor up once more before we go to see the elephant.
- Extract from : « Corporal Cameron » by Ralph Connor
- Moreover, he has to be at "the bar" every night, and to "liquor up with all creation" in the small hours.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
- Thy sow, with a litter of eight “poops,”’ as he calls them; ‘thy readiness to liquor up and spout nonsense.
- Extract from : « Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] » by J. Ewing Ritchie
- They dipped the liquor up in pails and drank it out of handled dippers.
- Extract from : « Fifty Years In The Northwest » by William Henry Carman Folsom
- Everybody seems to feel called on to liquor up, this time o' year.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story » by Various
- After the end of the time sufficient cold water is added to bring the volume of the liquor up to 10 gallons.
- Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech
- After dinner, if all that I hear be true, the gentlemen occasionally drop into the hotel bar and "liquor up."
- Extract from : « North America, Volume I (of 2) » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for liquor up
- absorb
- belt
- bend the elbow
- booze
- consume
- dissipate
- down
- drain
- gargle
- gulp
- guzzle
- hit the bottle
- imbibe
- indulge
- inhale
- irrigate
- lap
- liquor up
- nip
- partake of
- pull on
- put away
- quaff
- sip
- slosh
- slurp
- soak up
- sop
- sponge
- suck
- sup
- swallow
- swig
- swill
- tank up
- thirst
- tipple
- toast
- toss off
- wash down
- wet one's whistle
- wet whistle
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