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🍻 A drinking session 🍺 To consume alcohol
drinkin'

drinkin'

4 9.6
A casual gathering where people drink alcohol
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɪkɪn/
  • Informal
translation icon : fiesta de bebida
  • Last Saturday, we had a fun drinkin' session at the local pub with friends.
  • drinkin' whiskey
  • drinkin' whiskey and rye
  • ole boys were drinkin'

It made the Oscars red carpet look like after work drinks of PF Chang's.

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Examples

  • We'll be drinkin' margaritas by the sea, Mamasita.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • None of you called that into question with the free drinkin' thing goin' on.

    The Dark Military (2019)

  • We play drinking games, but we're at work.

  • OK, It's time for day drinking with Southern Rihanna.

  • What have I told you about drinkin' out of the bottle ?

    Billy Elliot (2000)

  • Time for day drinking with Seth and Kristen Stewart.

  • All we know so far is that there's lots of dancing, lots of costumes, lots of drinking, and people spraying you with foam.

  • Should be on a beach drinkin' a mai tai.

    Cosmic Sin (2021)

  • We're just drinkin'.

    Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

  • Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye, and singing this'll be the day that I ...

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

boozing
vsdrinkin'
  • Slang
4 8.0

Drinking a lot of alcohol in a way that harms health

is a casual session, not a habitual or general alcohol behaviour
booze-up
vsdrinkin'
  • UK
1 9.0

A party where people drink a lot and have fun

is a casual session of alcohol consumption without stressing liveliness
bevvy
vsdrinkin'
  • Slang
9.3

A casual social meeting where people drink alcohol together

is a casual occasion for alcohol use rather than a named gathering
drinking bout
vsdrinkin'
7.4

A time when someone drinks a lot of alcohol without stopping

is a casual session, not necessarily prolonged or excessive
drunken revelry
vsdrinkin'
7.9

A loud party where people drink too much and act wild

is a casual session without the emphasis on noise or wild behaviour

Antonyms

sobriety
49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

How Intense

binge
53 5.6
drinkin'
  • Informal
4 9.6
night out
91 2.6

Surface Forms

drinkin' singular
drinkin's plural

Morphology

drinkin' = drinking (transparent) = drink + ing

Colloquial orthographic variant of 'drinking' formed by dropping the final /g/; the meaning ('an occasion of drinking') is directly derived from 'drink' + -ing.

Etymology

Drinkin' is a casual form of drink + -ing where the final 'g' is dropped to show relaxed speech. It means an informal session of drinking, often with friends who meet to 'drink' and have fun.