bottling

verb

  1. 1

    To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

    This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.
  2. 2

    To feed (an infant) baby formula.

    Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
  3. 3

    To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

    The rider bottled the big jump.
  4. 4

    To throw away a leading position.

    Liverpool bottled the Premier League.
  5. 5

    To strike (someone) with a bottle.

    He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.
  6. 6

    To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

    Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.

noun

  1. 1

    A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth.

    The bottlings from the barrel-aged wines bear a premium label.
  2. 2

    The act of pelting (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

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