Noun: alky al-kee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
"The alky was a regular at the local bar";
- alcoholic, dipsomaniac, boozer [informal], lush [N. Amer, informal], soaker [informal], souse [informal], alco [Austral], rumpot [N. Amer, informal], tosspot [informal], dipso [informal], winebibber [archaic], alkie [informal], drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino [informal]
Derived forms: alkies
Type of: drinker, imbiber [informal], juicer [N. Amer, informal], soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper [literary]