drink (noun)

  • 1drink-driver — drink driˈver noun Someone who drives a vehicle after having drunk alcohol, esp more than the legally permitted amount • • • Main Entry: ↑drink * * * noun, pl ers [count] Brit : ↑drunk driver * * * ˌdrink ˈdriver [drink driver drink drivers …

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  • 2drink — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cold, cool, iced, refreshing ▪ I could do with a nice cool drink. ▪ hot, warm ▪ …

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  • 3drink — 1 /drINk/ noun 1 (C) an amount of liquid that you drink: Can I have a drink of water, please? | soft drink (=a non alcoholic drink): They sell ice cream and soft drinks. 2 (C, U) alcohol, or a glass or bottle of alcohol: Have another drink. |… …

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  • 4drink — (v.) O.E. drincan to drink, also to swallow up, engulf (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, pp. druncen), from P.Gmc. *drengkan (Cf. O.S. drinkan, O.Fris. drinka, Du. drinken, O.H.G. trinkan, Ger. trinken, O.N. drekka, Goth. drigkan …

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  • 5drink — ► VERB (past drank; past part. drunk) 1) take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. 2) consume alcohol, especially to excess. 3) (drink in) watch or listen eagerly to. ► NOUN 1) a liquid consumed as refreshm …

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  • 6drink-driver — noun a) A person who engages in drink driving. A drink driver is anyone who is over the legal alcohol limit for driving. b) A person who operates a motor vehicle when legally intoxicated. See Also: drink and drive …

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  • 7drink-driving — noun a) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday. b) A criminal offence… …

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  • 8drink hail — noun Etymology: Middle English drinkhayl, from drink (imperative singular of drinken to drink) + hayl healthy, being in good health, from Old Norse heill healthy more at whole obsolete : an early English bidding to drink to good health or good… …

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  • 9drink money — noun archaic : a gratuity originally for drink : pourboire * * * drink money, money given as a tip to be spent on drink or trifles …

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  • 10drink|a|ble — «DRIHNG kuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. fit to drink: »Programs for bringing drinkable water to Egyptian and Iraqi villages are well under way (Atlantic). –n. something to drink: »I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables… …

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