drinking

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: drĭngk′ĭng
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/

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  (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/

• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: drink‧ing

Noun

drinking (plural drinkings)

2. An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.

   Synonym: potation

   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

Translations

act or session by which drink is consumed

• Arabic: شُرْب (ar) (šurb)
• Chechen: малар (malar)
• Czech: pití (cs) n
• Finnish: juominen (fi)
• French: boire (fr) m pl
• German: Trinken (de)
• Greek: πόση (el) f (pósi), πιοτό (el) n (piotó) (especially alcoholic beverages)
• Hebrew: שתייה (he) (sh'tiyá)
• Hungarian: ivás (hu)
• Icelandic: drykkja f
• Indonesian: peminuman
• Korean: 마시기 (masigi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: vexwarin (ku) f

• Malay: peminuman
• Malayalam: കുടിക്കൽ (kuṭikkal)
• Norwegian: drikking (no)
• Polish: picie (pl) n
• Russian: питьё (ru) (pitʹjó)
• Spanish: escabio (es) m (Latin America, colloquial)
• Ukrainian: пиття (pyttja)

Adjective

drinking (comparative more drinking, superlative most drinking)

1. Suitable to drink.

   drinking water

2. Used to drink.

   a drinking glass

3. Addicted to alcohol.

   Are they a drinking person?

4. Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.

   drinking companions

Derived terms

• undrinking (adjective)

Verb

drinking

1. present participle and gerund of drink

See also

• expenditure
• utilisation

Further reading

• “drinking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.