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overdrinking

overdrinking is the present participle and gerund of overdrink.

Meaning of overdrink

Verb

overdrink (third-person singular simple present overdrinks, present participle overdrinking, simple past overdrank, past participle overdrunk)

  1. (ambitransitive) To drink to excess.
    • There is no disorder of any sort; nowhere in or about the Centennial did I see any one who had overdrunk the health of his country.1876, Atlantic Monthly, volume 38, page 107

Questions about overdrinking

What is overdrinking the present participle and gerund of?
Overdrinking is the present participle and gerund of overdrink.

Words near overdrinking in the dictionary

  1. overdrift
  2. overdrifted
  3. overdrifting
  4. overdrifts
  5. overdrink
  6. overdrinking
  7. overdrinks
  8. overdrive
  9. overdriven
  10. overdrives
  11. overdriving

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