drink
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6.6
- noun
- /drɪŋk/
:
alcoholismo
- And, with shaking hands, Fester pours himself a stiff drink and replaces the bottle on the shelf.
- drinks per week
- drinks per day
- five or more drinks
The insidious thing that my dad's drinking did is I worried about him.
- The insidious thing that my dad's drinking did is I worried about him.
- With that said, the fallout of day drink is always going home to my family.
Examples
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One drink's not going to kill us.
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And so they usually bought me a drink, so I was quite successful at the drinking game.
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Take off your Coat and have a drink.
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A nice stiff drink will clear both our heads.
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And when you've had a lot to drink, you become really honest.
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The first time he'd needed, really needed, a drink had been about ten to twelve years ago.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bob hadn't had a drink, smoked pot, or used crack in more than a month.
Academic text (2002) -
If you consume more than three alcoholic drinks every day while taking acetaminophen, you risk damaging your liver.
Academic text (2015) -
After a long week, he treated himself to a drink at his favorite bar.
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Many people find that socializing often leads to having a few drinks together.
Synonyms
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2.9
To have alcohol often and in large amounts
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4.8
A long-term problem of not being able to control drinking that harms health and family life
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4.4
A state of being very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
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8.0
Drinking a lot of alcohol in a way that harms health
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9.9
A feeling of sickness after drinking too much alcohol
Drinking too much alcohol that harms health, family, or work
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
9
9.8
To believe an idea without asking questions because you strongly support it
- Informal
Drink more alcohol than another person until they become drunk
Compounds
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1.3
A sweet drink without alcohol that tastes like fruit, often for children or parties
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word drink can also mean the habit of drinking alcohol too much, and this sense grew from the same root for 'to swallow' because it describes taking drinks often and as a habit.