drinkfest

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noun

An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noundrinkfest (plural drinkfests)

plural drinkfests

  1. An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.

    The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.

    1976, Frank M. LeBar, Insular Southeast Asia: Philippines, page 255
    2 more examples

    In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.

    1979, Mary Barnard, Mythmakers, page 10

    It has pool tables, lots of loud music and a small restaurant where you can line your stomach before competing in a drinkfest with the Oreños.

    2011, Vivien Lougheed, Bruce Conord, Bolivia's Altiplano - Lake Titicaca, Copacabana and Beyond

Origin

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APA

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“drinkfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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