to wet(one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beard, etc.: to take a drink. See also clay, n. 4b.

transitive and intransitive. To drink; keep on drinking, tipple.

Phrases. to kiss the cup, to take a sip of liquor; to drink.

intransitive. To take a pull or draught of a drink, esp. an alcoholic one; to drink.

intransitive. To restore one's strength or energy, esp. by resting; to take refreshment in some way, esp. (in later use) in the form of an alcoholic…

intransitive. To drink alcoholic liquor; to get drunk. Now rare.

transitive and intransitive. To drink (esp. alcohol). Cf. bub, n.3

intransitive. To use a jug; to drink. Obsolete.

absol. To drink. Cf. whiff, v.1 3 4. Obsolete.

intransitive. To drink drams; to tipple.

absol. To drink alcoholic liquor; to ‘liquor up’.

to suck (also sup) the monkey: to drink wine or spirits from a cask (esp. surreptitiously) through a straw or tube inserted in a small hole; to…

intransitive for reflexive. To indulge in (alcoholic) stimulants. Now only colloquial (? U.S.) Also in passive, To be affected by alcoholic drinks.

intransitive. To drink, indulge in drink. Also to lush it.

absol. or intransitive. Elliptical for ‘taste wine or alcoholic drink’; to take a little drink. Scottish.

intransitive (slang.) To drink alcoholic liquor. Also to liquor up.

intransitive. slang (North American and Australian). With up. To drink alcohol (esp. spirits); to get drunk. Cf. oil, n.1 6 and oiled-up, adj.

intransitive. slang. To drink. Obsolete.

intransitive. To drink; to take a drink. slang (chiefly U.S.).

intransitive. To take nips of alcoholic drink. Also with at.

(U.S.) slang. To drink; to have or take a drink.

intransitive. colloquial. To consume pegs of an alcoholic drink, to tipple. Obsolete.

slang. To drink, ‘liquor up’. (Cf. gargle, n.)

intransitive. To drink alcohol, esp. excessively.

To drink; usually in to stop one, to take a drink. Australian slang.

intransitive, to drink.