Definitions for: Drinking


[n] the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
[n] the act of consuming liquids



Webster (1913) Definition: Drink"ing, n.
1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.

2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating
liquors.

3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.

Note: Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking
glass, drinking house, etc.

Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn.

Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness, imbibing, imbibition

See Also: consumption, drinking bout, gulping, guzzling, ingestion, intake, intemperance, intemperateness, potation, swilling, uptake

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