drinking
suitable or safe to drink: drinking water.
used in drinking: a drinking glass.
addicted to or indulging excessively in alcohol: Is he a drinking man?
of or relating to the act of drinking, especially the drinking of alcohol: a drinking companion.
habitual and excessive consumption of alcohol: His drinking caused him to lose his job.
Origin of drinking
1Other words from drinking
- un·drink·ing, adjective
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How to use drinking in a sentence
We read of tea drinkings and coaches and his father's famous blunderbuss or "long gun" which he is presenting to Irving.
Greenwich Village | Anna Alice ChapinIt was upon Humphrey's strong arm that Wolfe would take his daily walk into the town for the needful baths or water drinkings.
French and English | Evelyn Everett-GreenThen followed a scene of last health-drinkings, last hand-shakings, last embracements.
A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest | Amelia B. EdwardsWith all the Stumfoldians she was on terms of mitigated friendship, and always went to Mrs Stumfold's fortnightly tea-drinkings.
Miss Mackenzie | Anthony TrollopeThe tea-drinkings in her parlor seem to be occasions of great social enjoyment to the fortunate neighbors invited.
Adle Dubois | Mrs. William T. Savage
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