Vinegar

Definitions

1. A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
   uncountable
2. Any variety of vinegar.
   countable
3. Vigor; vitality.
   US, countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love⟳ enticement.”

“a range of herb-flavoured vinegars”

“You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get⟳ a steam drill to do your share⟳ of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take⟳ a little bit of vinegar out of you.”

“[Rahm Emanuel] was full of vinegar on his proposal of mandatory retirement at age 75 for the president and the rest⟳ of the executive branch, as well as Congress and the judiciary.”

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