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Definition: USQUEBAUGH |
USQUEBAUGHAdjective1. A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices. 2. A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky. |
Date "USQUEBAUGH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Usquebaugh \Us"que*baugh\, noun. [Ir. or Gaelic uisge beatha, literally, water of life; uisge water beatha life; akin to Greek bi`os life. See Quick, adjective, and compare to Whisky.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Usquebaugh (3 syl.). Whisky (Irish, uisge-beatha, water of life). Similar to the Latin aqua vita, and the French cau de vie. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Drunkenness | Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "USQUEBAUGH" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "USQUEBAUGH" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "USQUEBAUGH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lloj viski skocez. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уиски (rye, rye whisky, scotch, tanglefoot, whiskey, whisky). (various references) | |
Hungarian | whisky (hard stuff, John Barleycorn, red-eye, tanglefoot, whiskey, whisky). (various references) | |
Manx | ushtey bea (scotch, whisky). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebaughusquay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | uísque (fly paper, tanglefoot, whiskey, whisky). (various references) | |
Russian | виски (eau-de-vie, mountain dew, whiskey, whisky, wisky). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | irski viski (poteen, potheen). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | rượu uytky (whisky, whisley). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "USQUEBAUGH": usquebaughs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-h-q-s-u-u-u" | |
-4 letters: basque, bugsha, buqsha. | |
-5 letters: abuse, agues, beaus, habus, quags, quash, saugh, squab, squeg, subah, usage, usque. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-h-q-s-u-u-u" | |
+1 letter: usquebaughs. | |
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