drinking

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] the act of drinking alcohol: Drinking is not advised during pregnancy. * There are tough penalties for drinking and driving.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

drinkingEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus drinkingEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

Nearby in the dictionary

drier drift drifter drift net driftwood drill drily drink drinkable drink-driver drink-driving

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