libation
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9.1
- noun
- /laɪˈbeɪʃən/
- Informal
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bebida
- After a long week, we decided to celebrate with a refreshing libation on the patio.
- favorite libations
- enjoy a libation
- local libation
It's the only libation daddy needs.
- It's the only libation daddy needs.
Examples
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The convention is expected to draw tens of thousands of people who will spend millions on food and libations.
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With some like-minded friends and some libations, this is a great movie for some laughs on a Saturday night.
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For a free libation at your favorite pub, do what I do:
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We finished our walk around town and decided it was time for a libation.
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I see you found our conveniently located libation station.
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Well, methinks this calls for a small libation !
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I think everybody's dying for a little libation, huh?
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Bring the covered dish, desserts, and libations as well.
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I hope you're enjoying the delicious libations and jovial atmosphere, yeah?
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After a debriefing session back at our midtown Manhattan office, my associates and I celebrated at a nearby watering hole with salty pretzels and the happy-hour libations needed to wash them down.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
813
1.0
A drink that can make people drunk, like beer or wine
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1.7
A drink other than water, for example tea or juice
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3.0
A drink that contains alcohol, like beer or wine
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5.6
A strong sweet alcoholic drink often served after a meal
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1.4
A drink that contains alcohol, like beer or wine
A time when people drink alcohol together
Idioms
Compounds
A common drink, often with alcohol, offered during a ceremony to honor people
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
libation = libat + ion
This sense is a humorous/metaphorical extension of the ritual sense; the morphological structure is the same but the modern social meaning is a figurative shift that is somewhat guessable from the original.
Etymology
Libation comes from the same Latin libare 'to pour', originally for a religious offering. A helpful way to remember the modern joking use meaning 'an alcoholic drink' is to think of a drink you give or raise as a small 'offering' among friends, so people call that drink a libation in fun.