Rotgut (Noun)
Meaning
Any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The bootlegger's rotgut was notorious for causing severe hangovers and occasional blindness.
- After a few shots of the cheap rotgut, he stumbled out of the bar and into the night.
- The bartender warned us that the house whiskey was rotgut, but we drank it anyway.
- The homemade rotgut had been brewed in a bathtub and was rumored to be toxic.
- In the slums, rotgut was the only affordable liquor, and it was a major contributor to the neighborhood's health problems.