lush
A drunkard, sot, alcoholicA drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
» Tom is a lush.
Том — алкаш. — sharptoothed
Том алкаш. — deniko
Том алкоголік. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Alkoholiker, Alkoholikerin, Besoffener
(countable, slang, uncountable)Intoxicating liquor.
(Hawaii, countable, slang, uncountable)A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
Am I humble or am I a lush?
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Examples
33 sentencesTom is a lush.
Том алкаш. — deniko
ruТом — алкаш. — sharptoothed
Tom is such a lush.
It was proper lush, that curry.
Карі було просто бомба! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Those trainers are lush.
Це класні кросівки. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
He's a lush.
Він алкаш. — deniko
ruОн алкаш. — marafon
deEr ist ein Säufer. — megamanenm
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drinkPerhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from Shelta lush (“food and drink”) (the sense "liquor" is older than the sense "drinker"). The Century Dictionary wrote that it was "said to be so called from one Lushington, a once well-known London brewer", but the Online Etymology Dictionary considers lushington (“drinker”) a humorous extension of lush instead.
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Forms
plural: lushesSynonyms
30 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.