Speakeasy

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  speakeasy \speak"eas`y\, (sp[=e]k"[=e]`z[-e]) n.
     An establishment where alcoholic beverages were sold and
     drunk illegally, especially one operating during the
     prohibition era in the U.S. (1920-1932); a tavern or
     nightclub illegally selling alcoholic beverages.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speakeasy
       n : (during prohibition) an illegal barroom

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "speakeasy":
     alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor,
     bistro, blind tiger, cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge, dive,
     dramshop, drinking saloon, gin mill, groggery, grogshop,
     honky-tonk, local, nightclub, pothouse, pub, public, public house,
     rathskeller, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, taproom, tavern,
     wine shop
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Speakeasy
       
          Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and
          differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical
          analysis.
       
          ["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)].
       
          ["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976].