Definition of WINO

wino

Meanings

Plural: winoes, winos

Noun

  • a chronic drinker
  • A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
  • A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
  • Such a drunkard who is homeless.
  • A wine enthusiast.
  • A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, inebriate, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, oenophile, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rummy, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, souse, sponge, squeeze-grape, suck-pint, sucker, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tosspot, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino

Scrabble Score: 7

wino is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wino is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wino is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

wino is a valid Words With Friends word