small beer

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [smawl beer]
- /smɔl bɪər/
- /smɔːl bɪə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smawl beer]
- /smɔl bɪər/

Definitions of small beer words

noun small beer weak beer. 1
noun small beer Chiefly British Slang. matters or persons of little or no importance. 1
uncountable noun small beer If you say that something is small beer, you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else. 0
noun small beer people or things of no importance 0
noun small beer weak or inferior beer 0
noun small beer a person or thing of little importance 0

See all 6 definitions of small beer

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Origin of small beer

First appearance:

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

First recorded in 1560-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Small beer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Small beer

small beer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

small beer usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for small beer

noun small beer

copper — Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
coppers — Plural form of copper.

All 2 Synonyms of small beer