🪿 A large group 🍻 To drink socially

to bevy

9.4

To drink alcohol socially with friends

verb

: tomar copas

After work, they like to bevvy with friends at the local pub.

Examples

On Friday nights, many people bevvy to relax after a long week.
We decided to bevvy a bit before heading to the concert.
Don't bevy too much!
They always bevy at the local pub on Fridays.
After work, they like to bevvy with friends at the local pub.
We decided to bevvy a bit before heading to the concert.
On Friday nights, many people bevvy to relax after a long week.

Synonyms

to drink

vsto bevy

∞ 2.8

To have alcohol often or at social events

focuses on casual social occasions rather than regular habit

to booze

vsto bevy

Informal

5 8.4

To drink a lot of alcohol

is used for casual social drinking rather than heavy excessive consumption

to tipple

vsto bevy

Archaic

1 8.4

To drink small amounts of alcohol, often regularly

focuses on casual social occasions rather than small habitual amounts

to boose

vsto bevy

9.9

To drink a lot of alcohol, often as a habit

refers to casual social occasions rather than habitual or excessive use

Surface Forms

bevy infinitive

bevied past

bevied past participle

bevying present participle

bevies third person singular

Morphology

bevy = beverage (semi-transparent) = bev + y

Formed by informal clipping of 'beverage' to 'bev' plus -y; the relation to 'beverage' is clear to learners familiar with that word but the slangy form and spelling variation (bevvy/bevy) can be unpredictable.

Etymology

Bevvy comes from the word beverage ('drink') and grew as a friendly, informal word for having drinks. So to bevvy is to drink socially with others.