Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hit the bottle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
hit the bot-tle
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

hits the bottle (present, singular) hitting the bottle (participle, present)

Synonyms

hit the booze hit the sauce drink booze fuddle

Questions

What does hit the bottle mean?
To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.

How to pronounce hit the bottle

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