spirits

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spirits

/ˈspɪɹɪts/

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit

noun

plural plural of spirit

noun

Australia, New Zealand, UK, plural, plural only Distilled alcoholic beverages.
Similar: hard liquor, hard drink, liquor

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: strong drink, liquor, hard liquor, john barleycorn, booze, hard drink, schnapps, bitters, wine, head, liquid, species, gods, pipes, hearts, drinks

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noun strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

Kiswahili	spiriti
Português	destilados
Français	spiritueux
Ελληνικά	οινοπνευματώδη oinopnevmatódi
Română	spirt, spirturi
Русский	спирт spirt
العربية	كُحُول kuḥūl, خَمْر ḵamr

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@misc{spirits_2026,
  title = {spirits},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spirits},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}