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guinness

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for guinness.

Editorial note

So you're saying the only way to walk across Dublin without passing a pub is to walk past the Guinness brewery?

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Guinness World Records.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of guinness gathered in one view.

noun

Guinness World Records.

noun

A serving of the beverage.

noun

(countable) A surname from Irish.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for guinness.

noun

Guinness World Records.

noun

A serving of the beverage.

noun

(countable) A surname from Irish.

noun

(uncountable) A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it.

Example sentences

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So you're saying the only way to walk across Dublin without passing a pub is to walk past the Guinness brewery?

2

A vanilla float in a Guinness is surprisingly good.

3

Some beer brands, particularly Guinness and Bass have been popular on American menus for a long, long time.

4

Alec Guinness reading the Wasteland is amazing.

5

It got a Guinness World Record and ended up becoming a TV show in both the UK and US.

6

As a financial disaster, this one deserves a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

7

Hell, he holds the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific professional blogger.

8

Then it says he was the inaugural recordholder for several Guinness video game categories in 1985 -- i.e., when he was 10 years old.

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Looking at the 'fat' brothers in an old Guinness Book I noticed how much they resembled an average 'fat' person today.

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That's also where the proof for the Guinness Bureau came from.

11

I guess I'm obligated to drink a Guinness tonight.

12

Furthermore, at the time she wasn't listed in the current Guinness Book so anybody that looked it up would see the column as a fraud unless they checked a specific old edition.

Quote examples

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Hell even William Gosset was doing "data science" when he popularized the Student T distribution while working for the Guinness Brewery back in 1908.

2

Guinness threw its weight (and that of its global parent Diageo) behind the movement, and an industry was built around the reproduction of "Irishness" on every continent—and even in Ireland itself.

3

(not just Korean - I should have said I learned it in a Korean context) I am disturbed by the idea that there will come a day where I cant do "x" anymore, where x is running, drinking guinness or some other such activity.

Proper noun examples

1

Microsoft, Guinness, Enterprise Ireland, Bank of Ireland and Trinity College: these are the major event organizers for startups here.

2

Guinness has quite a long ngram history, and I suspect that most of it is due to the stout.

3

Deadly Guinness, and great grub, plus many of the staff are from Co.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use guinness in a sentence?

So you're saying the only way to walk across Dublin without passing a pub is to walk past the Guinness brewery?

What does guinness mean?

Guinness World Records.

What part of speech is guinness?

guinness is commonly used as noun.