Related Searches

bottle up

[bot-l]

bot·tle

1[bot-l] noun, verb, bot·tled, bot·tling.
noun
1.
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
2.
the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine.
3.
bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.
4.
the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.
6.
British. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Bottle up is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
7.
bottle up,
a.
to repress, control, or restrain: He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
b.
to enclose or entrap: Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.
8.
hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English botel < Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)teille < Medieval Latin butticula, equivalent to Late Latin butti(s) butt4 + -cula -cule1

bot·tle·like, adjective
well-bot·tled, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To bottle up
Collins
World English Dictionary
bottle up
 
vb
1.  to restrain (powerful emotion)
2.  to keep (an army or other force) contained or trapped: the French fleet was bottled up in Le Havre

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases

bottle up

Repress, contain, hold back; also, confine or trap. For example, The psychiatrist said Eve had been bottling up her anger for years, or The accident bottled up traffic for miles. This idiom likens other kinds of restraint to liquid being contained in a bottle. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT