drinking
Meaning of drinking
- To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
He drank the water I gave him.
- (metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
- To consume alcoholic beverages.
Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.
- To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
- To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
- To smoke, as tobacco.
noun
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
Information about drinking
- The plural form of drinking is: drinkings.
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Hyphenation of drinking
drink-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- drinking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
drinking synonyms
Meaning imbibing:
Meaning drink:
drink, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
Meaning :
gulp, imbibe, quaff, sip, alcohol, potation
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