hard drinking

  • 1hard-drinking — UK US adjective spending a lot of time drinking alcohol Thesaurus: drunksynonym * * * adj [more hard drinking; most hard drinking] used to describe a person who often drinks a lot of alcohol He had a troubled relationship with his violent, hard… …

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  • 2hard-drinking — hard .drinking adj [only before noun] a hard drinking person drinks a lot of alcohol …

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  • 3hard-drinking — adjective spending a lot of time drinking alcohol …

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  • 4hard-drinking — ADJ GRADED: ADJ n If you describe someone as a hard drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol. She had transformed him from being a hard drinking womaniser into a devoted husband and father …

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  • 5hard-drinking — adjective drinking a lot of alcohol: a hard drinking man …

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  • 6hard-drinking — UK / US adjective spending a lot of time drinking alcohol …

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  • 7hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …

  • 8Hard water — is the type of water that has high mineral content (in contrast with soft water ). Hard water minerals primarily consist of calcium (Ca2+), and magnesium (Mg2+) metal cations, and sometimes other dissolved compounds such as bicarbonates and… …

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  • 9drinking — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Swallowing a liquid Nouns 1. drinking, imbibing, potation, libation; social drinking; bacchanalia; blue law; cocktail party, open or cash bar; bring your own bottle or booze, BYOB, compotation, keg party;… …

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  • 10Drinking straw — A drink with a pink bendy straw Plastic drinking straws A …

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