Definition of WINO

wino

Plural: winoes, winos

Noun

  • A person who is habitually drunk on inexpensive wine.
  • 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.

Examples

  • His opponent’s plays were so erratic, it was as if they were a WINO staggering across the board.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk#Noun, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, oenophile, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, 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: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wino: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wino: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

wino: valid Words With Friends Word