loosener
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈluːsn̩.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]loosener (plural looseners)
- Something that loosens
- (cricket) A usually inaccurate delivery bowled early in a bowler's first over.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink that makes a person relax.
- 2010, Tony Fletcher, Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon:
- In the autumn of '72, they took a visiting Alice Cooper to see T. Rex recording at a London studio renowned for its pub bar, and after a few looseners, were invited by Marc Bolan to take part in a rambling jam session.