max
adjectiveadverbnounverbcommon in dialogue
- //mæks//
Maximum; maximal.
adjective
- 1
informalMaximum; maximal.
Etymology
Abbreviation of maximum.
adverb
- 1
informalat the most; maximum.
Four days max, then, to get them to safety.
noun
- 1
informalAn extreme, a great extent.
He pushed himself to the max.
- 2
obsoleteGin.
Oh! for a glass of max!
'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]
- 3
Variant of maximuminformalClipping of maximum.
verb
- 1
To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
- 2
informalTo relax.
Forms
- plural
- maxes
- past tense
- maxed
- past participle
- maxed
- present participle
- maxing
- third person singular
- maxes