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drinking up

drinking up is the present participle and gerund of drink up.

Meaning of drink up

Verb

drink up (third-person singular simple present drinks up, present participle drinking up, simple past drank up, past participle drunk up)

  1. (ambitransitive) To drink completely; to finish (one's drink).
    • The bar's closing now, so drink up!

Questions about drinking up

What is drinking up the present participle and gerund of?
Drinking up is the present participle and gerund of drink up.

Words near drinking up in the dictionary

  1. drinking straws
  2. drinking the Kool Aid
  3. drinking the Kool-Aid
  4. drinking to
  5. drinking under
  6. drinking up
  7. drinking vinegar
  8. drinking water
  9. drinking waters
  10. drinking with the flies
  11. drinking-cup

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drinking up (page history and authors); drink up (page history and authors). 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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