When you drink all of the beer that is left

[lo2]

Hi there

I just wanted to know if there is a word for when you drink of all of the beer left in a bottle/glass?

I have heard the word "chuck" used, is that the proper word? And is it British or American?

 

[Coolfootluke]

Hi there

I just wanted to know if there is a word for when you drink of all of the beer left in a bottle/glass?

I have heard the word "chuck" used, is that the proper word? And is it British or American?

I am not a teacher.

Polish that off, and I'll get you another one.

 

[probus]

I have never heard chuck used in that sense.

 

[lo2]

Ok what would you say then? Polish, sounds kind of not like the word IMHO...

 

[Barb_D]

You can drain it to remove what's left.
If you drink all (or a lot of it) at one go, you've chugged it.

 

[Coolfootluke]

Ok what would you say then? Polish, sounds kind of not like the word IMHO...

I am not a teacher.

What word? "Polish" like "rub", not "Polish" like Lech Walesa, right?

Nobody I know says "chuck" for that. You might say, "chuck it back", "chuck one back", "chuck back a few cold ones", you get the idea, meaning something like "throw the beer to the back of your throat where it is swallowed" or, in short, drink it. That does not specifically apply to finishing the beer, though you might hear, "Chuck that one back, and I'll get you another." I think that the expression might be mostly Australian.

 

[probus]

As a preamble to downing the beer that is left, and as an encouragement to your companions to do likewise, you can announce "Down the hatch" or "Bottoms up". At least, you can if you are an old fogey like me.

 

[probus]

It occurs to me that maybe what you heard wasn't chuck but chug. In AmE to chug a beer is to drink it all in one go, as BarbD said above.

 

[Barb_D]

I knew my sorority years would come in handy one day!

 

[JMurray]

I just wanted to know if there is a word for when you drink of all of the beer left in a bottle/glass?

In earlier times if we drank a full glass/bottle/jug in one go it was a "chug-a-lug". I agree with coolfoot on most of the other terms. If you want someone to finish up what's left in their glass then "polish it off" was and still is very common in my experience.

not a teacher

 

[SanMar]

not a teacher

In Canada if you say "I'm going to chuck" or "upchuck" then the beer (or anything else) is coming up, rather than going down.

An upchuck often occurs after a chug-a-lug!:drinking:

(too bad no vomit emoticon!

 

[lo2]

Yeah well my bad I did of course mean chug then, just did not quite know how to spell it

So thank you very much for your answer!

Which word would you use in Britain?

 

[Tdol]

You can knock it back. You can down a pint in one if you drink the whole thing from the start in one go.

 

[BobK]

I knew my sorority years would come in handy one day!

Speaking of which, I'm reminded of some jargon that I've not heard anywhere but one college (mine) in Cambridge. When telling/challenging someone to drink everything in the glass, one said 'Yum sing'. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a distorted version of something originally met in a colonial context.

b

 

[probus]

Perhaps there were oriental scholars in your college? Apparently in Cantonese yum sing means licentious behaviour.

Cantonese translation? - Yahoo! Answers

 

[BobK]

Nah - I think their great-grandfathers must have picked it up in Shanghai or HK or somewhere else in the Far East. Thanks for the link.

b