teetotal

UK
/ˈtiːˌtəʊ.təl/
US
/ˈtiːˌtoʊ.təl/
teetotalverb
teetotaled
Präteritum
teetotaled
Partizip Perfekt
teetotaling
Gerundium
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to abstain completely from alcoholic drink’; rare but attested.
Definitionen
To abstain completely from alcoholic beverages.
After the accident, he decided to teetotal for the rest of his life.
teetotaladjektiv
UK
/ˈtiːˌtəʊ.təl/
US
/ˈtiːˌtoʊ.təl/
Übersetzungen
He has been teetotal for five years.
Он был трезвым в течение пяти лет.
Definitionen
Abstaining from all alcoholic beverages.
He has been teetotal since his college days, choosing to avoid alcohol entirely.
teetotaladverb
UK
/ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/
US
/ˌtiˈtoʊtəl/
Dialectal/colloquial use meaning ‘entirely, absolutely’.
Definitionen
Entirely; absolutely; outright (chiefly dialectal).
That explanation is teetotal nonsense.