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liquor definition

liquor (lik′ər)

noun

  1. any liquid or juice meat liquor
  2. an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum
  3. Pharmacy a solution of some substance in water

Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME licour < OFr licor < L liquor, akin to liquere: see liquid

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Informal to drink or cause to drink alcoholic liquor, esp. to the point of intoxication: now usually with up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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