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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Clipping of methamphetamine.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (informal) Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tweaker

Etymology 2

Clipping of methadone.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (informal) Methadone.

Etymology 3

From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

Noun

meth (plural meths)

1. (derogatory, Liverpudlian, Manchester) A tramp.

See also

• wino

Etymology 4

From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. A spiced mead, originally from Wales.

Etymology 5

Clipping of method, which see.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (slang) Marijuana.

Anagrams

• them

Middle English

Noun

meth

1. Alternative form of mede (“mead (beverage)”)

English

Etymology 1

wine +? -o (“person with characteristic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?n??/
• Rhymes: -a?n??

Alternative forms

wineo, wine-o

Noun

wino (plural winos or winoes)

1. (derogatory) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.
2. (informal) A wine enthusiast; an oenophile.

Synonyms

• (indigent): See also Thesaurus:vagabond
• (drunk or drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Related terms

• meth
• meths drinker

Translations

Etymology 2

W boson + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi?n??/
• Rhymes: -i?n??

Noun

wino (plural winos)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Translations

Further reading

• Wino (slang term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wino (particle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Iwon, OWIN

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?in?/

Noun

wino n

1. wine (alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes)

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?i.n?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vino, borrowed from Latin v?num, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Noun

wino n

1. wine

Declension

Derived terms

• winko
• winnica
• winogrono

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

wino f

1. vocative singular of wina

Further reading

• wino in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• wino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

wino (u class, no plural)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)