absol. to drink deep: to take a large draught, either once or habitually; see also 10c 11.

intransitive. To drink; to drink to excess or for enjoyment or goodfellowship; to swill, guzzle, tipple.

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

Hence transitive and reflexive, with various complements, indicating the result of drinking. elliptical. intransitive. to drink drunk (obsolete).

intransitive. To drink deeply; to take a long draught. Also: to drink repeatedly in this manner. Occasionally with of, †in. Also figurative.

Apparently: to turn the tap on a cask so that the liquor flows freely. Hence: to drink unstintingly; to drink and make merry. Obsolete.

To quaff the bowl; to booze.

intransitive. To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff. Also transitive.

intransitive. To drink of intoxicating liquor: in earlier use, to drink freely or hard; to booze; now esp., to indulge habitually to some excess in…

To drink freely, greedily, or to excess, like hogs devouring ‘swill’ or ‘wash’. intransitive (esp. to tipple, booze).

intransitive. To drink ‘all out’, drink freely and repeatedly. So to carouse it.

intransitive. To drink largely or greedily, to ‘swill’.

intransitive. To have a drinking bout; to tipple, booze. Also, to fuddle it.

intransitive. To drink too much or too often (usually with reference to alcohol).

Proverb. to drink the three outs: to drink to excess (see quots. 1622 and 1624 for various interpretations). Cf. gentleman of three outs at gentleman…

to bouse it: in same sense.

intransitive. To play the sot; to drink to excess; to soak. Also with it.

intransitive. ‘To drink deeply’ (Halliwell).

a nice (also pretty) kettle of fish (colloquial): an awkward state of things, a ‘muddle’. to be (also feel) like a fish out of water: to be or feel…

intransitive. To drink largely or in large draughts.

To drink immoderately; to saturate oneself with liquor.

Drinking; to play at swig, to indulge in drinking. ? Obsolete.

colloquial or slang. to soak one's clay (or †face), to drink (heavily).

intransitive. To drink heavily.

transitive. In extended use: to ply with alcoholic drink; to make drunk. Occasionally with up. Also intransitive: to drink alcohol. Now English reg…

intransitive. To drink drams; to tipple.

intransitive. To drink deeply, or for the sake of enjoyment or goodfellowship; to tipple, guzzle, bezzle.

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 and reflexive. To tipple or guzzle drink.

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

to turn up (also lift, throw up,etc.) the little finger and variants: to drink alcohol; esp. to drink heavily; to be a habitual drinker. Obsolete.

Phrases. to lift one's (or the) elbow: to drink immoderately. Similarly to bend the elbow; to crook the elbow: see crook, v.1 1d.

to crook one's elbowor little finger: to drink alcoholic liquor (esp. with implication of excess). slang.

intransitive. To make merry; esp. to indulge in drinking.

to bowse up the jib (figurative): to drink heavily, to make oneself ‘tight’.

intransitive. To drink to excess, swig, tipple.

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

Various phrases. to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot: to drink excessively. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

Chiefly to tank up. intransitive for reflexive. To fill oneself with drink, to drink heavily. Also reflexive. Cf. tanked, adj. 1. slang.

intransitive. To imbibe intoxicating drink. slang.

transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to belt the bottle and variants: to drink large or excessive quantities of alcohol, esp…

To gratify a desire, appetite, etc.; to take one's pleasure; spec. to ‘partake’, i.e. (too) freely of intoxicants (colloquial).