Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
- noun The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.
- noun An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
- noun a drinking vessel made of a horn.
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- verb Present participle of
drink . - noun An act or
session by whichdrink is consumed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
- noun the act of consuming liquids
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Examples
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Intemperate drinking is ever the result of what has been misnamed _temperate drinking_.
Select Temperance Tracts American Tract Society
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All drinkers begin socially, and this drinking is accompanied by a thousand social connotations such as I have described out of my own experience in the first part of this narrative.
Chapter 39 2010
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I'd like to discuss in this article the way you "think yourself into drinking" -- what I call "drinking thinking."
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.: 8 Illusions About Needing A Drink Ph.D. Robert Leahy 2011
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We see where his drinking is at, he tells Megan, "I need a favor, make sure I don't over do it," which means, "stop me at 3."
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Welcome to My World Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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We see where his drinking is at, he tells Megan, "I need a favor, make sure I don't over do it," which means, "stop me at 3."
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Welcome to My World Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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I'd like to discuss in this article the way you "think yourself into drinking" -- what I call "drinking thinking."
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.: 8 Illusions About Needing A Drink Ph.D. Robert Leahy 2011
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We see where his drinking is at, he tells Megan, "I need a favor, make sure I don't over do it," which means, "stop me at 3."
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Welcome to My World Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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NIAAA officials say that in recognizing a drinking problem, the label "alcoholic" is less important than harmful patterns of drinking, which they describe as drinking too much, too fast or too much, too often
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All drinkers begin socially, and this drinking is accompanied by a thousand social connotations such as I have described out of my own experience in the first part of this narrative.
Chapter XXXIX 1913
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According to Litten, high risk drinking behavior - which he defines as drinking more then five drinks in one night for men and drinking more then three drinks for women - can lead to longer term effects in this younger age group including dependency.
unknown title 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word drinking
"3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal."
--Century Dictionary
September 30, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word drinking
"Cannot do it without", in the shorthand jargon of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.205.
January 22, 2013