brewski

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US/ˈbɹuski/

noun

Beer.

RareScrabble 16

Meanings

nounbrewski (countable and uncountable, plural brewskis)

plural brewskis · alternative brewsky

  1. informaluncountableBeer.
  2. countableinformalA serving of beer.

    Yeah, going for a brewski after a rousing game of touch football with your work team will help you replenish your protein better than a glass of chardonnay.

    2013 September 30, Keri Glassman, “Vitamin B? Why beer is good for your health”, in CNN
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    Budweiser says this will be the first of many excursions it plans to back. And, eventually, the newly gleaned information could inform how the company will make brewskis for Mars.

    2017 December 11, Jackie Wattles, “SpaceX is sending barley to space for Budweiser research”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2018

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*brewwaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*breuwan
  4. Old Englishbrēowan
  5. Middle Englishbrewen
  6. Englishbrew
  7. Englishbrewski

From brew + -ski.

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Translations

Estonian õlts
  • õltsinformal: beer
French binouze
  • binouzeinformal: beer
Polish browar
  • browarinformal: beer
Russian пивко́
  • пивко́ (pivkó)informal: beer
Swedish bärs, bira
  • bärsinformal: beer
  • birainformal: beer
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APA

brewski. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewski

MLA

“brewski.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewski. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brewski,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brewski.

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