wino

plural winos · plural winoes

1. derogatoryA chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.

   My grandmother was a Puerto Rican wino from Spanish Harlem named Migdalia, but everybody called her Mimi. My moms and Aunt Dru were her only kids. Mimi was a tall, light-skinned woman with long wavy hair and high cheekbones. She drank cheap wine and laughed all day long.

   2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 43

   Synonyms: alcoholic, drunk, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly

   1. derogatoryespeciallySuch a drunkard who is homeless.

      Near-synonyms: bum, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

      1 more example

      I came out in an alley where a couple of winos were picking through a trash bin.

      2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 782

      Synonyms: alcoholic, drunk, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly

2. informalA wine enthusiast.

   Synonyms: oenophile

plural winos

1. natural sciencesA hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.