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countable and uncountable, plural beers
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor. quotations examples
“ […] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […] ”
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. examples
(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid. examples
(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages. examples
(countable) A variety of the above beverages. examples
third-person singular simple present beers, present participle beering, simple past and past participle beered
(informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone) quotations examples
No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.
1870, Sidney Daryl, His First Brief. A Comedietta in Clement Scott, Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes, Robson and Sons, pages 303–304
“Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”
2010, Steve Brezenhoff, The Absolute Value of -1, Carolrhoda Lab, page 121
I heard Patty Marsh yelling, ‘Beer him, Eleanor!’
2013, Janet E. Cameron, Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World, Hatchette Books Ireland, page 124
“Beer me!” To his astonishment she obeyed his command, appearing a minute later with a glass of beer and a wry smile.
2013, R. D. Power, Forbidden, page 39
plural beers
(nonstandard) One who is or exists. quotations
That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories