1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drink.

2. (n.) The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.

3. (n.) The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.

4. (n.) An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.

absorbent addicted to drink adsorbent assimilative bibacious blotting chemisorptive chemosorptive crapulent crapulous digestive drinking drunken endosmotic excessive exosmotic extravagant extreme given to drink gluttonous imbibitory immoderate incontinent indulgent inordinate intemperate osmotic overindulgent overindulging prodigal resorbent self-indulgent soaking sorbent sottish spongeous spongy swilling swinish thirsty tippling too much toping unbridled unconstrained uncontrolled undisciplined unfrugal unlimited unmeasured unrestrained unthrifty winebibbing