Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🍺 A full glass 👒 A brimmed hat
brimmer

brimmer

8.5
A glass filled to the very top with a drink
  • noun
translation icon : copa
  • He raised a brimmer of ale to toast his friends.

Examples

  • She handed him a brimmer of water after his long run.

  • The waiter served the wine in a beautiful brimmer.

  • The bartender poured a brimmer for each guest at the celebration.

  • He poured a drink into the brimmer.

  • He raised a brimmer filled to the brim with ale for his friends' toast.

  • The bartender skillfully handed each guest a brimmer topped to the very edge.

  • After his long run, she filled a brimmer with cold water and handed it to him.

Synonyms

bumper
vsbrimmer
  • Archaic
18 8.8

A glass filled to the top used for a toast

is used in any situation rather than only for celebratory drinking
glassful
vsbrimmer
1 1.4

An amount that fills a glass

refers to the filled container itself not just the amount

Surface Forms

brimmer singular
brimmers plural

Morphology

brimmer = brim (semi-transparent) = brim + er

The form clearly contains brim + -er, but the noun meaning 'a container filled to the top' is a specialized extension rather than a fully predictable formation.

Etymology

Brimmer comes from the simple word brim, which means 'edge' or the top of a cup, plus the ending -er that makes it a thing or person. So a brimmer is a container that is full 'to the top', reaching the brim.