hit the bottle
l| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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bottle1 (ˈbɒtəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a vessel, often of glass and typically cylindrical with a narrow neck that can be closed with a cap or cork, for containing liquids |
| b. (as modifier): a bottle rack | |
| 2. | Also called: bottleful the amount such a vessel will hold |
| 3. | a. a container equipped with a teat that holds a baby's milk or other liquid; nursing bottle |
| b. the contents of such a container: the baby drank his bottle | |
| 4. | short for magnetic bottle |
| 5. | slang (Brit) nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle) |
| 6. | slang (Brit) money collected by street entertainers or buskers |
| 7. | slang (Austral) full bottle well-informed and enthusiastic about something |
| 8. | informal the bottle drinking of alcohol, esp to excess |
| —vb | |
| 9. | to put or place (wine, beer, jam, etc) in a bottle or bottles |
| 10. | to store (gas) in a portable container under pressure |
| 11. | slang to injure by thrusting a broken bottle into (a person) |
| 12. | slang (Brit) (of a busker) to collect money from the bystanders |
| [C14: from Old French botaille, from Medieval Latin butticula literally: a little cask, from Late Latin buttis cask, | |
| bottle2 (ˈbɒtəl) | |
| —n | |
| dialect a bundle, esp of hay | |
| [C14: from Old French botel, from botte bundle, of Germanic origin] | |
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bottle definition
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hit the bottle definitionand hit the booze
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Bottle definition
a vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, 38), or milk (Judg. 4:19), or water (Gen. 21:14, 15, 19), or strong drink (Hab. 2:15). Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jer. 19:1-10; 1 Kings 14:3; Isa. 30:14). In Job 32:19 (comp. Matt. 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38; Mark 2:22) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the Authorized Version of Hos. 7:5 is properly rendered in the Revised Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its intoxicating strength. The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" (Job 38:37). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Ps. 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself.
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hit the bottle
Also, hit the booze or sauce. Drink alcoholic beverages, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She hardly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out, or It doesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce every night. These slangy expressions date from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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