drinking bout
- noun
- /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ baʊt/
:
exceso de bebida
- The newspapermen had introduced Wilde to Esterhazy, with whom they indulged in marathon drinking bouts in an effort to get his 'story.'
Examples
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The party turned into a drinking bout that lasted well into the early hours of the morning.
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I had a drinking bout with the agent of the Bank of Madrid.
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"It's only for a few days," said Vincent, and Laura, exhausted from her most recent drinking bout, finally agreed.
Fiction book (1991) -
His older brother's face was shiny with sweat from a late-night drinking bout.
Fiction book (1998) -
Aside from commending him as a great artist who enjoys a lot of creative freedom, it reminds us of the drinking bouts.
Academic text (2008) -
After a week of work, he often indulges in a drinking bout to unwind with friends.
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She knew her drinking bout was excessive when she woke up without remembering the night before.
Synonyms
328
2.9
To have alcohol often and in large amounts
225
6.6
A habit of often having too much alcohol
53
5.6
A short time of doing something a lot, like eating or drinking
46
7.4
A party with a lot of eating or drinking
14
4.7
A short period of heavy eating or drinking
4
9.6
A casual gathering where people drink alcohol
4
8.0
Drinking a lot of alcohol in a way that harms health
3
8.2
Drinking very large amounts of liquid quickly, often alcohol
A time when someone drinks too much alcohol
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'drinking' (consumption of alcohol) combined with 'bout' (a short episode) yields a period or episode of excessive/prolonged drinking. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Drinking bout comes from the old use of bout for a short fight or round. People then used bout for any short, intense time, so drinking bout means 'a period of heavy drinking'.