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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

have a couple en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To drink enough alcohol to be slightly or moderately drunk.
    • For even the puniest, wouldn’t know a muscle if it shook his hand at a party and said ‘Hello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oaf– once he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila! 2008, Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Peters, The Rock from the Sky, Evans Brothers, page 41:
    • He's kind of funny and likes to play the guitar when he's had a couple. 1992, Wesley Gibson, Shelter, Harmony Books, page 144:
    • It's like he sees me as a woman once he's had a couple. 2005, Fay Freimuth, A Multitude of Mercies, iUniverse, page 155:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
has a couple Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
had a couple Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a couple Tense=Past lexicographic
having a couple Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

have a few