Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rotgut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: rotgut
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: red-eye"
"Then the harpooner carried away a pink flask to be filled in some blind pig, for there were no licensed saloons in that locality. We drank the cheap rotgut out of tumblers."
"His mother, Dorothy, hung around longer, long enough for her to choke on her own vomit. She had that taste—rotgut, the rougher the better."

Etymology

From rot + gut.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rotguts (plural) rot gut (alternative)

Synonyms

gut rot hooch swill red-eye rotgut bug juice corn liquor firewater moonshine mountain dew poteen white lightning

Questions

What does rotgut mean?: Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
Where does rotgut come from?: From rot + gut.

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