drinking
Suitable to drink.
Adjective
- Suitable to drink.
- drinking water
- Used to drink.
- a drinking glass
- Addicted to alcohol.
- Are they a drinking person?
- Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.
- drinking companions
Origin
Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
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Noun
- An 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.
Synonyms: potation
Forms
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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
Verb
- present participle and gerund of drink