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Drinking - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k),
formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken
(-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely
used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually
intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p.
p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan,
D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan.
drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]
1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other
purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in
satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and
drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.
--Luke xvii.
8.
He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi.
20.
Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble.
2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in
merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to
lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the
?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
--Pope.
And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem.
xliii. 34.
Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk
freely. --Thackeray.
To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the
act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And
to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Drinking : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Drinking |
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AsheStew: And people used to think I was crazy for Drinking tap water. http://trunc.it/41zal |
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luapnerual: why am i Drinking on a monday night omg idk |
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glenza44: STILL waiting for Prius to get serviced. At dealership. Drinking MORE coffee! I'm SO wired! And annoyed! |
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