drink : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
  alcoholic beverage; intoxicant; alcohol; inebriant.
  
  • alcohol (or drink) ruined him

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• adjective satellite very drunk
  pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; stiff; loaded; pissed.
  

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By"-drink`ing noun

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1. A drinking between meals. Obs.

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• so drunk as to be unconscious.

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• verb drink down entirely
  bolt down; pour down; pop; belt down; down; kill; toss off.
  
  • He downed three martinis before dinner
  • She killed a bottle of brandy that night
  • They popped a few beer after work

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• verb be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
  drink.
  
  • The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage

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• an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.

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• (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.

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• verb drink to the last drop
  drain the cup.
  
  • drink up--there's more wine coming

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• noun the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages
  

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• noun a long period of drinking
  

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• noun a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
  cocoa; hot chocolate; chocolate.
  

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• noun a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water
  water fountain; bubbler.
  

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• noun a container for holding liquids while drinking
  glass.
  

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• noun a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties
  

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• noun a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
  straw.
  

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• noun a vessel intended for drinking
  

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• noun water suitable for drinking
  

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• noun someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly
  
  • they delivered the drunk-and-disorderlies to the county jail

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• noun a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
  ade.
  

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• a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup.

  To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. Encyc. Brit.

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• noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  hard drink; spirits; liquor; John Barleycorn; booze; hard liquor.
  

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• drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." Shak.

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• a love potion; a philter. Chaucer.

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• noun made of two or more ingredients
  

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• adjective satellite dazed from or as if from repeated blows
  slaphappy; silly.
  
  • knocked silly by the impact
  • slaphappy with exhaustion

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• noun a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
  round.
  
  • he ordered a second round

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• small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. Obs. Nares.

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• noun nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
  

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• noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  hard drink; spirits; liquor; John Barleycorn; booze; hard liquor.
  

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• intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." Prov. xx. 1.

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• noun a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves
  

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• . See under Drink.

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• to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak.

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• to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle." J. C. Shairp.

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• to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.

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• to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

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• to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.

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• to become intoxicated.

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• to be so drunk as to be foolish. Obs. Chaucer.

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• a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.

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