Drinking
Pronunciation : Drink"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.
3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
Note: Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc. Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913