Meaning

4 senses
  1. (derogatory)A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

    a chronic drinker

  2. A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

    (derogatory, especially)Such a drunkard who is homeless.

    Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

    Alki, Weinsäufer, Weinsäuferin

  3. (informal)A wine enthusiast.

  4. A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom is a wino.

  2. Tom isn't a wino.

  3. Clovis, the constantly jumping wino, has prominent quadriceps and fantastic glutes.

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  4. Sami is a wino.

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  5. Yanni is a wino.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
alcoholic (pejorative):

Origin

From W-boson + -ino.

From W-boson + -ino.

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