drinking
Syllables: drink·ing/ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/
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New Zealand/ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/
drinking noun: an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages. Also the present participle and gerund of drink.
Noun
drinking (plural drinkings)
Adjective
drinking (comparative more drinking, superlative most drinking)
- Suitable to drink.
- drinking water
- Used to drink.
- a drinking glass
- Addicted to alcohol.
- Are they a drinking person?
- Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.
- drinking companions
Also used as
drinking is also the present participle and gerund of drink.
drinking meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali and Arabic
drinking in Malayalam
- act or session by which drink is consumed
- കുടിക്കൽ kuṭikkal
drinking in Kannada
- ಕುಡಿಯುವುದು
drinking in Nepali
- पिउने
drinking in Arabic
- act or session by which drink is consumed
- شُرْب šurb
More languagesFewer languages
- drinking in Malay
- peminuman
- drinking in Indonesian
- peminuman
Synonyms of drinking
Forms of drinking
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | drinkings |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more drinking |
| superlative | most drinking |
Origin of drinking
Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
Words formed from drinking
- antidrinking
- badge drinking
- binge drinking
- day-drinking
- drinking age
- drinking bird
- drinking culture
- drinking-cup
- drinking fountain
- drinking game
- drinking hole
- drinking-horn
- drinking horn
- drinking man's degree
- drinking problem
- drinking song
- drinking-up time
- drinking vinegar
- easy-drinking
- hard-drinking
- pre-drinking
- relief drinking
- vertical drinking
- undrinking
Phrases with drinking
- drinking in
- drinking to
- drinking up
- day drinking
- drinking off
- drinking out
- drinking ages
- drinking down
- drinking birds
- drinking games
- Drinking Gourd
- drinking holes
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- drinking horns
- drinking songs
- drinking straw
- drinking under
- drinking water
- drinking straws
- drinking waters
- drinking cultures
- drinking fountains
- drinking and driving
- drinking the Kool Aid
- drinking the Kool-Aid
- drinking with the flies
- drinking from a firehose
- drinking from the furry cup
- drinking one's own Kool-Aid
- drinking from the fire hydrant
- drinking someone under the table
- drinking something like lemonade
- preaching water and drinking wine
Words that rhyme with drinking
Questions about drinking
- What does drinking mean?
- Drinking means an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
- What is drinking in Malayalam?
- Drinking in Malayalam is കുടിക്കൽ (kuṭikkal). See Drinking meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is drinking?
- Drinking can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce drinking?
- Drinking is pronounced /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of drinking?
- The plural of drinking is drinkings.
Words near drinking in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drinking (page history and authors); drinking (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drinking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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