Definitions for drinking
ˈdrɪŋ kɪŋdrink·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drinking, imbibing, imbibitionnoun

   the act of consuming liquids

2. drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulencenoun

   the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

   "drink was his downfall"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drinkingnoun

   An act or session by which drink is consumed.

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1. Drinking

   of Drink

2. Drinkingnoun

   the act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing

3. Drinkingnoun

   the practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors

4. Drinkingnoun

   an entertainment with liquors; a carousal

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1. Drinking

   Drinking is the act of ingesting water or other drinks through the mouth. Water is required for many of life’s physiological processes. Both excessive and inadequate water intake are associated with health problems.

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1. Drinking

   The consumption of liquids.

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1. drinkingverb

   Verb form of the word drink.

   They were drinking coffee when the neighbour came to the door with a wedding gift.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Consumption

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drinking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4718

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drinking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3050

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drinking' in Nouns Frequency: #2312

How to pronounce drinking?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say drinking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drinking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drinking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of drinking in a Sentence

1. Thamas De Quincey:

   Once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

2. Gernot Pichler:

   The higher the arsenic content in drinking water, the greater the damage to the heart.

3. Brandon Auerbach:

   It may be possible that this age group is at higher risk for weight gain from drinking 100% fruit juice than older children.

4. Demi Lovato:

   You just have to take it one day at a time ; some days are easier than others and some days you forget about drinking and using, but for me, I work on my physical health, which is important, but Mental Health as well, i make sure I stay on my medications. I go to AA meetings. I do what I can physically in the gym. I make it a priority.

5. Gayla Brumfield:

   People are going to have to understand that in the West, that old saying 'whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting' that's where we are right now.

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