Synonyms for drink
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dringk |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɪŋk |
Top 10 synonyms for drink Other synonyms for the word drink
- absorb
- belt
- dissipate
- down
- draft
- gargle
- gulp
- hit the bottle
- imbibe
- indulge
- irrigate
- lap
- libation
- liquid
- liquor up
- nip
- partake of
- potable
- potation
- potion
- put away
- quaff
- refreshment
- shot
- sip
- slosh
- slug
- slurp
- soak up
- sop
- spirits
- sponge
- spot
- suck
- sup
- swallow
- swig
- swill
- tank up
- taste
- thirst
- thirst quencher
- tipple
- toast
- toss off
- wash down
- wet whistle
Définition of drink
Origin :- Old English drincan "to drink," also "to swallow up, engulf" (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, past participle druncen), from Proto-Germanic *drengkan (cf. Old Saxon drinkan, Old Frisian drinka, Dutch drinken, Old High German trinkan, German trinken, Old Norse drekka, Gothic drigkan "to drink"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from a root meaning "to draw." Not found outside Germanic.
- Most Indo-European words for this trace to PIE *po(i)- (cf. Greek pino, Latin biber, Irish ibim, Old Church Slavonic piti, Russian pit'; see imbibe).
- The noun meaning "beverage, alcoholic beverage" was in late Old English.
- The noun, AS. drinc, would normally have given southern drinch (cf. drench), but has been influenced by the verb. [Weekley]
- To drink like a fish is first recorded 1747.
- noun beverage; alcoholic beverage
- verb take in liquid
- There is in this city a rag-picker so wealthy that he can afford to drink wine every day.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- His mother lay on a wretched bed in the corner, half stupefied with drink.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I'd worked wid my mouf full of dust, but could not stop to get a drink of water.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- As our horses would not drink it, it can be imagined how salt it was.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- And to his astonishment there was none of the shocking effect of his first drink of whisky.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- "I know you need a drink," said the bartender, looking at Andrew again.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I want to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am weary, drink—well, any old time.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- They want to loaf about, and drink, and be a nuisance to everybody, like some of the rich ones.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Let us eat and drink and do what good we can, for to-morrow we die!'
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- And here I drink to mine old comrades, and the saints be with them!
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Antonyms for drink
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