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Definition of Drinking
1. Noun. The act of consuming liquids.
Generic synonyms: Consumption, Ingestion, Intake, Uptake
Specialized synonyms: Gulping, Guzzling, Swilling, Potation
Derivative terms: Drink, Imbibe, Imbibe
2. Noun. The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. "Drink was his downfall"
Generic synonyms: Intemperance, Intemperateness
Specialized synonyms: Drinking Bout
Derivative terms: Crapulent, Crapulous, Crapulous, Drink, Drink, Drink, Drink
Definition of Drinking
1. n. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
Definition of Drinking
1. Verb. (present participle of drink) ¹
2. Noun. An act or session by which drink is consumed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drinking
1. a habit of drinking alcoholic beverages [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drinking
Literary usage of Drinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"drinking activity was measured by a meter which recorded licks and cumulatively
recorded in one channel of a recording millivoltmeter (Fig. 1). ..."
2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"drinking water The quality of drinking water is a very serious problem in Russia.
In urban areas, almost two-thirds comes from surface waters which are ..."
3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"CEREMONIES IN DETAIL Festival of drinking called ... (inum) means "a drinking,"
but whether the primary association was with the drinking by the gods of the ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"If he succeeds in going two or three weeks without drinking, he does not ...
Been drinking since 16. For the last few years has drunk very heavily. ..."
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