"ginger beer" meaning in English

See ginger beer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ginger beer.wav Forms: more ginger beer [comparative], most ginger beer [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} ginger beer (comparative more ginger beer, superlative most ginger beer)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang, usually used in the shortened form ginger) queer (i.e. homosexual). Tags: Cockney, slang, usually
    Sense id: en-ginger_beer-en-adj-TuQHXc6C

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ginger beer.wav Forms: ginger beers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ginger beer (countable and uncountable, plural ginger beers)
  1. (uncountable) A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Beverages, LGBTQ Translations (drink flavoured with ginger): gínger [masculine] (Catalan), 薑啤 /姜啤 (goeng¹ be¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 薑味汽水 /姜味汽水 (jiāngwèi qìshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 薑汁酒 /姜汁酒 (jiāngzhījiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), zázvorové pivo [neuter] (Czech), sodavand med ingefærsmag (Danish), ingefærøl [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), gemberbier [neuter] (Dutch), zingibra biero (Esperanto), inkivääriolut (Finnish), bière de gingembre (French), კოჭას ლუდი (ḳoč̣as ludi) (Georgian), Ingwerbier [neuter] (German), τζιτζιμπίρα (tzitzimpíra) (Greek), ʻela kinika (Hawaiian), अदरक बियर (adrak biyar) (Hindi), gyömbérsör (Hungarian), engiferöl [neuter] (Icelandic), beoir shinséir [feminine] (Irish), birra allo zenzero [feminine] (Italian), ジンジャービール (jinjābīru) (Japanese), tinipia (Maori), ingefærøl [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ingefærøl [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), piwo imbirowe [neuter] (Polish), gengibirra [feminine] (Portuguese), bere de ghimber [feminine] (Romanian), bere de ghimbir [feminine] (Romanian), имби́рное пи́во (imbírnoje pívo) [neuter] (Russian), ingverjevo pivo [neuter] (Slovene), gaseosa de jengibre [feminine] (Spanish), tangawizi (Swahili), ingefärsöl (Swedish), ஜின்ஜர் பியர் (jiṉjar piyar) (Tamil), loại bia có mùi rừng (Vietnamese), bia gừng (Vietnamese), diod sinsir [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (countable) A glass or drink of ginger beer. Tags: countable Translations (glass of this drink): 一杯薑味汽水 /一杯姜味汽水 (yī bēi jiāngwèi qìshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 一杯薑汁酒 /一杯姜汁酒 (yī bēi jiāngzhījiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), inkivääriolut (Finnish)
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  3. (Cockney rhyming slang, usually used in the shortened form ginger) queer (i.e. homosexual). Tags: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ginger_beer-en-noun-TuQHXc6C

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "jiṉjar piyar",
      "sense": "drink flavoured with ginger",
      "word": "ஜின்ஜர் பியர்"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "drink flavoured with ginger",
      "word": "loại bia có mùi rừng"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "drink flavoured with ginger",
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