wet one's whistle
verb
Roget 959:
get drunk,
be drunk
etc.
adj.;
see double;
take a drop too much,
take a glass too much;
drink;
tipple,
tope,
booze,
bouse [Fr.],
guzzle,
swill [Slang],
soak [Slang],
sot,
bum [U.S.],
besot,
have a jag on,
have a buzz on,
lush [Slang],
bib,
swig,
carouse;
sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus†;
take to drinking;
drink hard,
drink deep,
drink like a fish;
have one's swill [Slang],
drain the cup,
splice the main brace,
take a hair of the dog that bit you.
liquor,
liquor up;
wet one's whistle,
take a whet;
crack a bottle,
pass the bottle;
toss off
etc.
(drink up)
298;
go to the alehouse,
go to the public house.
make one drunk
etc.
adj.;
inebriate,
fuddle,
befuddle,
fuzzle†,
get into one's head.
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Roget 298:
eat,
feed,
fare,
devour,
swallow,
take;
gulp,
bolt,
snap;
fall to;
despatch,
dispatch;
discuss;
take down,
get down,
gulp down;
lay in,
tuck in [Slang];
lick,
pick,
peck;
gormandize
etc.
957;
bite,
champ,
munch,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
chew,
masticate,
nibble,
gnaw,
mumble.
live on;
feed upon,
batten upon,
fatten upon,
feast upon;
browse,
graze,
crop,
regale;
carouse
etc.
(make merry)
840;
eat heartily,
do justice to,
play a good knife and fork,
banquet.
break bread,
break one's fast;
breakfast,
lunch,
dine,
take tea,
sup.
drink in,
drink up,
drink one's fill;
quaff,
sip,
sup;
suck,
suck up;
lap;
swig;
swill [Slang],
chugalug [Slang],
tipple
etc.
(be drunken)
959;
empty one's glass,
drain the cup;
toss off,
toss one's glass;
wash down,
crack a bottle,
wet one's whistle.
purvey
etc.
637.
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