drinking

drink·ing
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/ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ//ˈd͡ʒɹɪŋk.ɪŋ//ˈdɹɪnk.ɪnɡ/[ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋɡ]

noun

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

“drinking water”

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potationimbibingimbibitiondrinkboozingdrunkennesscrapulence
OriginMiddle English [Term?] →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

noundrinking (plural drinkings)

plural drinkings

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

    Some say drinking is a vice.

    1 more example

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:drinking.

    Synonyms: potation

adjectivedrinking (comparative more drinking, superlative most 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

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of drink

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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potation

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe act of consuming liquids

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imbibingimbibition
Broader
consumptioningestionintake

nounthe act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Similar
drinkboozingdrunkennesscrapulence
Broader
intemperanceintemperateness
Also see
bibationboozingcrapulencedrinkdrunkennessimbibingimbibition

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle English[Term?]
  2. Englishdrinking

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

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Translations

Arabic شُرْب
  • شُرْب (šurb)act or session by which drink is consumed
Czech pití
  • pitíact or session by which drink is consumed
Finnish juominen
  • juominenact or session by which drink is consumed
French boire
  • boireact or session by which drink is consumed
German Trinken
  • Trinkenact or session by which drink is consumed
Greek πόση, πιοτό
  • πόση (pósi)act or session by which drink is consumed
  • πιοτό (piotó)act or session by which drink is consumed
Hebrew שתייה
  • שתייה (sh'tiyá)act or session by which drink is consumed
Hungarian ivás
  • ivásact or session by which drink is consumed
Icelandic drykkja
  • drykkjaact or session by which drink is consumed
Indonesian peminuman
  • peminumanact or session by which drink is consumed
Korean 마시기
  • 마시기 (masigi)act or session by which drink is consumed
Malay peminuman
  • peminumanact or session by which drink is consumed
Norwegian drikking
  • drikkingact or session by which drink is consumed
Polish picie
  • picieact or session by which drink is consumed
Russian питьё
  • питьё (pitʹjó)act or session by which drink is consumed
Spanish escabio, beber
  • escabioact or session by which drink is consumed
  • beberact or session by which drink is consumed
Ukrainian пиття
  • пиття (pyttja)act or session by which drink is consumed

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with drinking

thinkinglinkingshrinkingblinkingstinkingkitchen-sinking
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Cite this entry
APA

drinking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking

MLA

“drinking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drinking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking.

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