loosener

Related to loosener: tongue loosener

tongue loosener

slang Alcohol, especially distilled liquor. Liquor him up with enough tongue loosener, and John will tell you anything about his job you care to know. Tammy's normally very shy and introverted, but she'll talk your ear off after she's had a couple tongue looseners.
See also: loosener, tongue

tongue oil

slang Alcohol, especially distilled liquor. Liquor him up with enough tongue oil, and John will tell you anything about his job you care to know. Tammy's normally very shy and introverted, but she'll talk your ear off after she's had a couple glasses of tongue oil.
See also: oil, tongue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tongue oil

and tongue loosener
n. liquor. She had a little too much tongue oil and was telling all about everybody. A little tongue loosener will help to break the ice.
See also: oil, tongue

tongue loosener

verb
See tongue oil
See also: loosener, tongue
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tongue loosener
  • tongue oil
  • hard
  • leeky store
  • hoochfest
  • hootchfest
  • hooch head
  • hooch hound
  • who shot John
  • giggle soup
References in periodicals archive
The greater is the ratio in equation (39), the more power consuming method of frozen ground loosening is employed in loosener design in comparison with the method based on rupture defamation (separation of the ground from the file).
He cites statistics showing that the egg loosener segment is valued at about $12 million a year.
"Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Johnny Hawksworth, Ronnie Verrel, to name but a few, would head to the pub for a loosener. Above the bar was a TV, tuned in and ready for the show."
The programme opened with another Dvorak family piece, this time from his son-in-law Josef Suk, whose Scherzo Fantastique proved more than simply a shoulder loosener, with playful woodwind and an expansive theme moving up through the cellos to a lilting waltz, topped off by birdsong, a super crescendo descent through the orchestra and a satisfyingly big, brassy finish.
"The early session is a 45-minute specific and steady loosener that is technical before breakfast.
He shaped to drive Ottis Gibson's loosener, which flicked his off bail.
Australian seamer Brett Lee, charging in from the Stanley Street end, used the opening delivery as a loosener before taking the new ball and struck just three balls later to remove England's dangerman.
Flintoff was never entirely convincing and gave his wicket away five short of his halfcentury to a Shoaib loosener.
But just before the second new ball was finally taken, Flintoff gave his wicket away five short of his half-century to a Shoaib loosener ( dragging an attempted big hit into the hands of Shoaib Malik at deep square-leg.
A phenomenal climber, Heras will also benefit from the stewardship of former ONCE supremo Manolo Saiz this year.Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) Age: 32 Best Tour result: 84th 2003 Finished third in the Giro this year and might have to settle for the King of the Mountains' polka-dot jersey.Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) Age: 26 Best Tour result: sixth 2003Looks to be in fine form after winning the Dauphine Libere, a traditional Tour loosener. The Basque rider won the Alpe d'Huez stage last year and will be optimistic but looks more likely to be wearing red dots than plain yellow
"We will only manage a couple of sessions on Tuesday and a loosener on match day.
"We'll train Tuesday and Thursday, have a loosener on Friday and report for an early lunch on the morning of the game.
"Unfortunately last year wasn't a fairytale ending for me," said the Londoner who opened his season last week with a 10.19secs loosener in Germany.
Games mean rest, relaxed preparation, early cuts from training, the enjoyment of the match and then nipping into training the next day for a loosener and rub down.