Dictionary entry
Teetotaler
Pronunciation: /tiːˈtəʊt(ə)lə/
Pronunciation
/tiːˈtəʊt(ə)lə/
Myanmar Meaning
သေရည် သေရက်ရှောင်ကြဉ်သူ။
Definition
teetotal / ' ti:'tǝƱtl/ adj ေသရည္ေသရက္ကို ေရွာင္ၾကဥ္ေသာ။ He's (strictly) teetotal. teetotalism n [U] ❏ teetotaller ( US also teetotaler ) /-tlǝ(r)/ n ေသရည္ ေသရက္ေရွာင္ၾကဥ္သူ။
Examples
- ‘And I hadn't fully realised how odd I'd feel
- an omnivore who likes a drink dropped into a city populated largely by teetotal vegetarians.’
- ‘I'm nearly teetotal
- I wake up at five every morning to feed the horses and I work all hours.’
- ‘Thankfully
- I'm quite happy to stay teetotal for the duration.’
- ‘He never drank alcohol
- and he had strong teetotal convictions.’
- ‘I have lost a pound or two in weight - my boyfriend has lost half a stone - but I don't feel being teetotal has led to a major improvement in my health.’
- ‘It really is hard to believe that he's teetotal.’
- ‘He is married with two adopted children and is teetotal.’
- ‘My diet is a lot better now and importantly
- I'm virtually teetotal
- which has really helped my fitness.’
- ‘Gerry was teetotal
- but we had a fantastic time.’
- ‘The alcohol ban is a strain on my mum
- she likes a bit of a drink
- but my dad's teetotal.’
- ‘Though the general fitness of players has improved during my 17 years in the game
- teetotal footballers are still vastly outnumbered by those who do partake of an alcoholic refreshment.’
- ‘In the West Midlands
- 78% were willing to stop drinking
- reduce their alcohol intake or were teetotal already compared to 66% in the capital.’
- ‘‘I've been teetotal for seven years
- and I'm never going back
- ’ he says.’
- ‘One of the country's leading experts on alcohol believes moderate drinking is healthier than being teetotal.’
- ‘Martin said: ‘Andrew likes a drop or two
- Dad enjoys the occasional taster
- but the truth is that I am teetotal!’’
- ‘Yes
- he was an active participant on that evening but
- while he was only too happy to dish out the vodka
- he remained teetotal and disappeared to bed at a respectable hour so he was fit and able for practice the following morning.’
- ‘In the 1830s
- a third movement
- the teetotal movement
- emerged and radicalized temperance reform in two ways.’
- ‘The Temperance Society
- an organisation in which people pledged to be teetotal
- was first established in 1832.’
- ‘Mild-mannered
- teetotal
- often other-worldly
- he was unswerving in his work for a party notable then for its lack of success.’
- ‘Over the years I've known 3 sets of twins (not all identical) and in every case one of them drinks and one is teetotal because they don't like the taste of alcohol.’