drinking

n. 1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]