drinkingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/drinking noun [ U ] (ALCOHOL)
the activity of drinking alcohol:
I've done a lot of drinking since dad died.
Drinking and driving is dangerous.
The doctor told me to change my drinking habits (= not to drink so much alcohol).
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- In the end, it was the continual drinking that was his downfall.
- The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.
- I had to give up drinking for health reasons.
- The police are trying to stop out-of-hours drinking.
- The eating, drinking and partying went on late into the night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drinking alcohol
- after hours idiom
- bender
- binge drinking
- booze
- booze-up
- drinking-up time
- drown your sorrows idiom
- Dutch courage
- happy hour
- hatch
- here
- mud
- out of hours idiom
- piss-up
- poison
- pub crawl
- put sth back
- same
- shout
- spike
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drinking noun [ U ] (LIQUID)
the act of taking liquid in through your mouth:
This water is not for drinking.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drinking
- consume
- drank
- drink
- drink (sth) up
- drinker
- drinking fountain
- drinking water
- drunk
- knock back (sth)
- overindulge
- partake
- partook
- put sth back
- sup
- swig
- swill
- taste
- wash
- wash sth down
- water fountain
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