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teetotal

UK
/ˈtiːˌtəʊ.təl/
US
/ˈtiːˌtoʊ.təl/

Traduzioni

teetotalverb
teetotaled
Past Simple
teetotaled
Past Participle
teetotaling
Gerund
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to abstain completely from alcoholic drink’; rare but attested.
teetotaladjective
UK
/ˈtiːˌtəʊ.təl/
US
/ˈtiːˌtoʊ.təl/
He has been teetotal for five years.
Он был трезвым в течение пяти лет.
Sinonimi
abstinent
sober
non-drinking
dry
temperate
Contrari
drunken
intoxicated
teetotaladverb
UK
/ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/
US
/ˌtiˈtoʊtəl/
Dialectal/colloquial use meaning ‘entirely, absolutely’.

Definizioni

teetotalverb
To abstain completely from alcoholic beverages.
After the accident, he decided to teetotal for the rest of his life.
teetotaladjective
Abstaining from all alcoholic beverages.
He has been teetotal since his college days, choosing to avoid alcohol entirely.
teetotaladverb
Entirely; absolutely; outright (chiefly dialectal).
That explanation is teetotal nonsense.
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