wife beater

Noun

Meaning

wife beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife beaters)

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

wife-beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife-beaters)

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

wife-beater

Synonyms

hired gun dock worker tank top halter top tube top abusive marriage beat his wife beats his wife hit his wife hit women abusive husband violent husband

Examples

People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man does not drive, there is something wrong with him. Art Buchwald

Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers. Jessica Alba

Accusations of antisemitism – like those of being a wife-beater – are impossible to face down in TV soundbites. Source: Internet

“GONE POTTY: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” Source: Internet

Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun, for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a 'wife-beater.' Source: Internet

Before the verdict, one friend said: ‘Being accused of being a wife-beater is simply a bridge too far, and you cannot let that hang over you the rest of your life.’ Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

wife wife acceptance factor wife and mother wife carrying wife of a king wife of one's biological father