overproof

Speech parts

1. overproof - Noun

2. overproof - Adjective

3. overproof - Verb

Meaning

Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

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Examples

A more delicate dram overall, the ethanol is very muted here, and I get a sense that this is probably pitched toward drinkers who don’t love overproof scotch as a decadent after-dinner dram. Source: Internet

The complainant said he was “tipsy” after leaving a movie with a group of friends and heading to Anderson’s house on July 10, 2016, where he drank two large plastic pool cups of overproof rum and coke that Anderson poured for him. Source: Internet

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