American English pronunciation

How to pronounce drinker

IPA transcription: [d'ɹɪŋkɚ]

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Noun

  • a person who drinks liquids

  • a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

Usage examples

  • A heavy drinker, he died of cardiopulmonary arrest.
  • Her father, Wen Qifu was a poor shoemaker who was a heavy drinker.
  • Allsworth, Philip Swartz, Isaac Dolph, Henry W. Drinker, and Samuel De Puy.
  • Thus, the cocktail may have been named for its "penetrating" effects on the drinker.
  • Dawson was a heavy smoker and drinker.
  • He was also rumored to be more than a social drinker.
  • Emerson won the case, and Drinker's patents were declared invalid.