lift

1. n. the potency of alcohol in liquor.

□ his stuff doesn’t have much lift!

□ Now, his imported stuff has enough lift to raise the dead.

2. n. a brief spiritual or ego-lifting occurrence.

□ Your kind words have given me quite a lift.

□ I could use a lift today. I am glummer than usual.

3. AND lift-up n. drug euphoria; a rush. (Drugs.)

□ This stuff’ll give you quite a lift.

□ The lift-up from the shot jarred her bones.

4. tv. to steal something.

□ She had lifted this ring. We found it on her when we arrested her.

□ Some of these really young kids will lift something just because they like it.

5. tv. to take something away.

□ It was his third offense, so they lifted his license.

□ They lifted the rule about not having two different jobs.

6. n. a tall heel on shoes that makes someone seem taller. (Usually plural.)

□ I feel better in my lifts.

□ Some people wear lifts just to make them a little more confident.

7. n. a surgical face-lift.

□ He had a lift on his vacation, but his face still looked two sizes too big.

□ We’ve got three lifts and a nose job in OR this morning.

8. n. a device—worn under the hair at the temples—that provides some of the effects of a surgical face-lift.

□ Do you think she’s wearing a lift?

□ Lift, hell, she’s got a damn pair of cranes under that hairdo.

9. n. a ride; transportation.

□ Can you give me a lift?

□ Would you like a lift over to your apartment?