English Explanatory Dictionary

small beer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.
  2. Something that is of relatively little importance.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.

Word forms

small beer small beers

Synonyms

peanuts small potatoes bagatelle bag of shells bric-a-brac dicky dicky-bird fico fig flamfew flyspeck minuity niff-naff picayune scuddick sop ticky-tack toy trick trifle triviality whiffle white chip

Related words

near beer
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