What is another word for dram?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈam] (IPA)

A dram is a small unit of measurement commonly used in the context of alcohol. Synonyms for the word dram can vary depending on the type of alcohol being measured. For example, a dram can also be referred to as a nip, pony, or jigger when talking about liquor. When referring to beer, a dram can be referred to as a beer glass. In terms of wine, a dram can be called a tasting pour, sample, or a splash. Regardless of the type of alcohol being poured, it's important to keep in mind the different synonyms and their corresponding amounts to ensure proper measurement and accuracy.

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What are the hypernyms for Dram?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Dram?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Dram?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.
  • holonyms for dram (as nouns)

What are the meronyms for Dram?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
  • meronyms for dram (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for dram?

The word 'dram' typically refers to a small measured amount of alcohol, usually whiskey or brandy. The antonyms for 'dram' would be words that are associated with moderation or abstinence from alcohol. These words would include sobriety, temperance, and moderation. The antonym could also refer to a larger amount of alcohol, such as a bottle or a pitcher. Other antonyms for 'dram' could also include words that imply the opposite of alcohol, such as hydration, refreshment, or quenching. These words evoke a sense of replenishment and rejuvenation, rather than the sedative effect of alcohol.

Usage examples for Dram

For he knew that for every man that he hanged his father took a dram to give him courage for the work; and if there were several poor fellows to be cast off from life, the hangman was not pleasant company afterwards for those very near and dear to him.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman
Something to get you your morning dram.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
As will readily be supposed, the interview commonly ended with a dram from the laird's own hand.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby

Famous quotes with Dram

  • He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.
    John Selden
  • 'Pooh! Pooh! Nonsense!' was the reply, 'that's all very well in theory, but it doesn't work so. The returning of slaves amounts to nothing in fact. All that is obsolete. And why make all this row? Can't you hush ? We've nothing to do with slavery, we tell you. We can't touch it; and if you persist in this agitation about a mere form and theory, why, you're a set of pestilent fanatics and traitors; and if you get your noisy heads broken, you get just what you deserve'. And they quoted in the faces of the abolitionists the words of Governor Edward Everett, who was not an authority with them, in that fatal inaugural address, 'The patriotism of all classes of citizens must be invited to abstain from a discussion which, by exasperating the master, can have no other effect than to render more oppressive the condition of the slave'. It was as if some kindly Pharisee had said to Christ, 'Don't try to cast out that evil spirit; it may rend the body on departing'. Was it not as if some timid citizen had said, 'Don't say hard things of intemperance lest the dram-shops, to spite us, should give away the rum'? And so the battle raged. The abolitionists dashed against slavery with passionate eloquence like a hail of hissing fire. They lashed its supporters with the scorpion whip of their invective. Ambition, reputation, ortune, ease, life itself they threw upon the consuming altar of their cause. Not since those earlier fanatics of freedom, Patrick Henry and James Otis, has the master chord of human nature, the love of liberty, been struck with such resounding power. It seemed in vain, so slowly their numbers increased, so totally were they outlawed from social and political and ecclesiastical recognition. The merchants of Boston mobbed an editor for virtually repeating the Declaration of Independence. The city of New York looked on and smiled while the present United States marshal insulted a woman as noble and womanly and humane as Florence Nightingale. In other free States men were flying for their lives; were mobbed, seized, imprisoned, maimed, murdered ; but still as, in the bitter days of Puritan persecution in Scotland, the undaunted voices of the Covenanters were heard singing the solemn songs of God that echoed and re-echoed from peak to peak of the barren mountains, until the great dumb wilderness was vocal with praise — so in little towns and great cities were heard the uncompromising voices of these men sternly intoning the majestic words of the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence, which echoed from solitary heart to heart until the whole land rang with the litany of liberty.
    George William Curtis

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