everclear - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From a brand name, from ever + clear.
everclear (uncountable)
- (chiefly US, dated, humorous, genericized trademark) Any home-brewed distilled grain alcohol, especially one with a very high concentration of alcohol (such as 90-some percent, that is, 180-some proof); but generally not one rife with impurities or adulterants.
- Synonym: jet fuel
- Coordinate terms: (iffier purity) rotgut, red-eye, hooch
- Near-synonyms: white lightning, moonshine, mountain dew