FIREWATER
Dictionary entry overview: What does firewater mean? • FIREWATER (noun)
The noun FIREWATER has 1 sense:
1. any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)
Familiarity information: FIREWATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FIREWATER (noun)
Meaning:
Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("firewater" is a kind of...):
booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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