Define Wife Beater Meaning

Wife Beater
form fitting white ribbed tank top worn by men; looks good on well-built fellas, pathetic on skinny fellas, and disgusting on fat beer bellied fellas

Brad Pitt looks damn good in a wife beater.
By Debbi
Wife Beater
1. Men's close fitting, ribbed, sleeveless white cotton undershirt most commonly used before T-shirts came into vogue as undergarments. It is named wife beater after Marlon Brando's character, Stanley Kowalski, who wore one during much of the movie version of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." Stanley proved to be a sloppy, drunken, ill-tempered brute who beat his wife.
2. Slang name in Britain for a Belgian lager, Stella Artois, mostly because of the name, Stella, after Stella Kowalski, the victim of a beating from her husband, Stanley, in the aforementioned Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," but also because of the high alcohol content which could possibly lead one to wife beating were he so pre-disposed.

"That fellow wearing the wife beater has knocked back 3 wife beaters in less than half an hour!"
By Velvet
Wife Beater
a very tight, white tank top that is ribbed in texture. this style of shirt is usually found on overweight white guys hailing from the trailer courts. unmistakeable markings of bbq sauce or chew spit on the front and smelling of old style beer and excessive perspiration. the wearer can be found at any type of festival which involves his toothless relatives working the carnival rides.

dude, let's go to the state fair and check out all the trash wearing wife beaters.
By Gertrudis
Wife Beater
Wife beater is a nickname for "Stella" a popular lager/beer in the UK. It got the nickname wife beater because of the ammount of wife beating that went on after drinking several cans/pints

By Maryann
Wife Beater
A basic white undershirt that guys wear

By De
Wife Beater
1.) the official article of clothing in the state of New Jersey

2.) One who participates in domestic abuse


Boss: you seriously came to work in a wife beater?

guy: all i had. blow me.
By Shoshana
Wife Beater
Put simply, a lager known as Stella Artois

3 pints o wife beater and a packet a salt n vinegar crisps!
By Darlene
Wife Beater
a person who beats on or abuses their wife/girlfriend. A person with no respect for women. An emotional mental physical abuser of females.

Vitale beat the living shit out of his wife, his mother and his grandma. Wife Beater.
By Hedy
Wife Beater
South London slang for the beer "Stella Artois" I know it's not nice but it's slang.It doesn't have to mean domestic violence rather just a pop at the girlfriend or missus.

Me and the lads had a couple of wife beaters and went clubbing.
By Merla
Wife Beater
A man who knows what needs to be done to keep the sandwiches flowing and the kitchen running smoothly

That wife beater there always brings the best sandwiches to work, his wife isn't a lazy whore like ours are
By Rozella