What does alcoholic mean?
Definitions for alcoholic
ˌæl kəˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪkal·co·holic
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Princeton's WordNet
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souseadjective
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
alcoholicadjective
characteristic of or containing alcohol
"alcoholic drinks"
alcoholic, alcohol-dependentadjective
addicted to alcohol
"alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
Wiktionary
alcoholicnoun
A person addicted to alcohol.
alcoholicnoun
One who abuses alcohol.
alcoholicadjective
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
alcoholicadjective
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
alcoholicadjective
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
Etymology: First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic
Wikipedia
Alcoholic
Alcoholic is the third single from the album Love Is Here by British pop band Starsailor, released in 2001. Often wrongly credited as "Daddy Was an Alcoholic", it is one of their most popular songs so far, and also their first single to be in the UK top ten. In the Love is Here DVD, James Walsh comments that "Alcoholic" is so well known because of the topic of the song.
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An alcoholic is a person who suffers from alcoholism, a chronic disease characterized by an addiction to or dependence on alcohol. They may exhibit symptoms such as an inability to limit their drinking, a strong urge or craving to drink, development of tolerance to alcohol, or withdrawal symptoms when they don't consume alcohol. The term can also be used to describe beverages that contain alcohol.
Webster Dictionary
Alcoholicadjective
of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor
Alcoholicnoun
a person given to the use of alcoholic liquors
Alcoholicnoun
alcoholic liquors
Etymology: [Cf. F. alcolique.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alcoholic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alcoholic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of alcoholic in a Sentence
Nearly half -- 45 % -- of all non-alcoholic beverages contain 0 %( sugar).
Lund University researcher Tobias Olofsson:
Mead is an alcoholic drink made with just honey and water and it was regarded as the drink of the gods and you could become immortal or sustain a better health if you drank it. It was drunk by the Vikings for example and other cultures such as the Mayas, the Egyptians and it was a drink that was regarded as a very beneficial drink.
Recently I took my son for a college tour in the Midwest … I ate what I felt like eating, i realize if I was still living in Ohio that I ’d be 30 pounds heavier and an alcoholic. There’s something about being there that makes me want to drink beer all day, eat cheese fries and eat stuffed French toast for breakfast.
People with PTSD tend to act out. They tend to self-medicate. Which means they're going to be on drugs or they may be an alcoholic. And then they're going to get into fights and they have a really short fuse. And guess what happens ? All of a sudden you don't qualify for VA. That's wrong because again we are not taking into account the way we have designed or enforcing the system the realities of that person's life. It's backwards !
I travel from upstate to Brooklyn a lot, and on the bus they say it's a federal crime to smoke or have an alcoholic beverage unless by prior written contest, and I always wondered where you get that consent.
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- خمير, روحي, سكير, معاقر, كحوليArabic
- алкохолен, пияница, спиртен, алкохоличен, алкохоликBulgarian
- alcohòlicCatalan, Valencian
- alkoholik, alkoholický, opilec, pijanCzech
- alkoholikerDanish
- Alkoholkranke, Alkoholiker, alkoholisch, Alkoholkranker, AlkoholikerinGerman
- αλκοολική, αλκοολικόςGreek
- alkoholuloEsperanto
- alcohólicoSpanish
- joodik, alkohoolik, alkoholi-, alkohoolneEstonian
- alkoholipitoinen, alkoholisti, alkoholi-, juoppoFinnish
- alcoolique, alcooliséFrench
- alcólachIrish
- sheer-veshtallaghManx
- alkoholos, alkohol, alkoholistaHungarian
- ալկոհոլային, ալկոհոլիկ, ալկաշArmenian
- alcoholicInterlingua
- alcoldipendente, alcolista, alcolico, alcolizzatoItalian
- アルコール中毒者, 小虎, アルコール入りの, 愛飲家, 飲んだくれ, 辛党, 酒飲み, アル中, 飲兵衛Japanese
- alkoholiķis, alkoholisksLatvian
- пијаница, алкохолен, алкохоличарски, алкохоличарMacedonian
- beralkoholMalay
- alcoholist, alcoholicus, alcoholiste, alcoholischDutch
- ମଦୁଆOriya
- alkoholik, alkoholowe, alkoholiczka, alkoholowa, alkoholowyPolish
- alcoólatra, alcoólicoPortuguese
- alcoolică, alcoolicRomanian
- алкаш, пьяница, алкогольный, алкоголикRussian
- alkoholni, alkoholičarSerbo-Croatian
- pijan, alkoholický, alkoholikSlovak
- alkohol-, alkoholhaltig, fyllerist, suput, alkis, drinkare, alkoholist, fylloSwedish
- alkollü, alkolikTurkish
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