max

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

adj

1. (informal) Maximum; maximal.

adv

1. (informal) at the most; maximum.
   Four days max, then, to get them to safety. 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88

noun

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
   He pushed himself to the max.
3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
   '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. […] 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243

verb

1. (usually with out) 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.