noun
- a person who has an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drinks
Usage: informal; sometimes offensive
Examples
- The old dipso spent most of his pension at the local bar.
- She worried her brother was becoming a dipso after losing his job.
- The rehabilitation center specialized in helping dipsos recover.
- He called himself a reformed dipso who hadn’t touched alcohol in years.
- The novel featured a sympathetic portrayal of a dipso trying to get clean.
- Friends staged an intervention when they realized he was a dipso.