Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beer up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: beer up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drink a lot of beer; especially, to get drunk on beer.

American usage; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

""Nay I didn't. I found th' cart and horses at 'The Cock' door, and Cracker was inside, beering up.""
"John Calhoun Benton, a South Carolinian now deceased, was no white lily; he frequently was disciplined by his managers for beering up, and by 1922 the majority of National League club owners wanted no more of him."
"2005, "Jon Sharpe" (Ed Gorman), The Trailsman #280: Texas Tart, unnumbered page, Before returning to the cabin, he spent nearly an hour in a saloon beering up for the ride back."
"He stoked his energy for each evening's entrance to the club by beering-up yet one more time at only two-bits a Coors in The Mariposa."

Usage

American usage
Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

beers up (present, singular) beering up (participle, present) beered up (participle, past) beered up (past)

Phrases

beered-up

Frequently Paired Words

beered-up liquor up gin up wine up

Questions

What does beer up mean?: To drink a lot of beer; especially, to get drunk on beer.

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