drinking
nounAU, CA, US, UK, SC /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/ · NZ /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
1An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
- Some say drinking is a vice.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:drinking.
- Derived terms
- antidrinking, badge drinking, binge drinking, day-drinking, drinking age, drinking bird, drinking culture, drinking-cup, drinking fountain, drinking game, drinking hole, drinking-horn, drinking horn, drinking man's degree, drinking problem, drinking song, drinking-up time, drinking vinegar, easy-drinking, hard-drinking, pre-drinking, relief drinking, vertical drinking
drinking
adjEtymology Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
- Are they a drinking person?
4Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.
- Derived terms
- undrinking