Etymology

Clipping of beverageCategory:English clippings#BEVVY +‎ -y (diminutive suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -y#BEVVY.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛvi/Category:English 2-syllable words#BEVVYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEVVY

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• Rhymes: -ɛviCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛvi#BEVVYCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛvi/2 syllables#BEVVY
• Homophone: bevyCategory:English terms with homophones#BEVVY

Noun

bevvy (plural bevvies)Category:English lemmas#BEVVYCategory:English nouns#BEVVYCategory:English countable nouns#BEVVYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEVVYCategory:Pages with entries#BEVVYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEVVY

2. (BritishCategory:British English#BEVVY, IrelandCategory:Irish English#BEVVY, slangCategory:English slang#BEVVY) Clipping of beverageCategory:English clippings#BEVVY; especially, an alcoholic beverage.
   • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:

     Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.

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   • 1998, Toni Davidson, Intoxication: An Anthology of Stimulant-based Writing, page 44:

     'Want some Lou Reed?' asked Spam.
     'Nah. I'll stick to the bevvy.'

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   • 2007, Elle, [American edition], volume 22, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., →OCLC, page 190:

     Here’s my favorite moment from Helen Mirren’s Oscar-winning performance in The Queen: An urgent phone call rings through from Tony Blair during 4 P.M. tea. After she hangs up, she complains that he’s made her bevvy go cold. How dare he interrupt? I agree completely.

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Verb

bevvy (third-person singular simple present bevvies, present participle bevvying, simple past and past participle bevvied)Category:English lemmas#BEVVYCategory:English verbs#BEVVYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEVVYCategory:Pages with entries#BEVVYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEVVY

1. (BritishCategory:British English#BEVVY, IrelandCategory:Irish English#BEVVY, slangCategory:English slang#BEVVY, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BEVVY) To get drunk.
   • 2019, Craig Ferguson, Riding the Elephant:

     Anthony and I bevvied together a few nights, but the truth is I couldn't keep up.

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