Meanings
nounwife beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife beaters)
plural wife beaters
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of wifebeater.
The drink, which at 5.2 per cent alcohol is stronger than many other lagers and therefore makes people drunker and sometimes more aggressive more quickly, has acquired the unflattering soubriquet of "wife beater".
2007 November 15, Victoria Moore, “Where did it all go wrong for the beer they call 'wife beater'?”, in The Daily Mail
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APA
wife beater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20beater
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“wife beater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20beater. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wife beater,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20beater.
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