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drinkfest

drinkfest noun: an event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.

Noun

drinkfest (plural drinkfests)

  1. An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.
    • The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.1976, Frank M. LeBar, Insular Southeast Asia: Philippines, page 255
    • In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.1979, Mary Barnard, Mythmakers, page 10

Forms of drinkfest

pluraldrinkfests

Origin of drinkfest

From drink + -fest. Compare German Trinkfest.

Questions about drinkfest

What does drinkfest mean?
Drinkfest means an event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.
What part of speech is drinkfest?
Drinkfest is a noun.
What is the plural of drinkfest?
The plural of drinkfest is drinkfests.

Words near drinkfest in the dictionary

  1. drinkers
  2. drinkery
  3. drinkes
  4. drinkest
  5. drinketh
  6. drinkfest
  7. drinkfests
  8. drinkholder
  9. drinkholders
  10. drinkie
  11. drinkies

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