wino
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wino¹
- /ˈwaɪnəʊ/
Rhymes with -aɪnəʊ
noun winos · winoes
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A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.
Similar: alcoholic, drunk, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio
-
Such a drunkard who is homeless.
Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond
Similar: alcoholic, drunk, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio
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A wine enthusiast.
Similar: oenophile
wino²
- /ˈwiːnəʊ/
Rhymes with -iːnəʊ
Where it comes from
From W-boson + -ino.
noun winos
- A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.
Translations
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noun alcoholic (pejorative)
| Español | catavinos, guaino, briago, borrachín, borracho |
|---|---|
| Français | sac à vin, alcoolo |
| Deutsch | Alki, Weinsäufer, Weinsäuferin, Saufbruder, Saufschwester, Wermutpenner |
| Italiano | alcolizzato, spugna, beone, ubriacone, ubriaco |
| Română | bețiv, bețivan, drojdier |
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title = {wino},
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