drinker
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basisSomeone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
» Tom used to be a heavy drinker.
Том колись багато пив.
Meaning
4 sensesSomeone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
a heavy drinker
Trinker, Trinkerin, Gewohnheitstrinker
пья́ницаpʹjánica, пью́щийpʹjúščij, пью́щаяpʹjúščaja
п'я́ницяpʺjánycja
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
A device from which animals can drink.
a bell drinker
a nipple drinker
(slang)A pub.
A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
Examples
88 sentencesTom used to be a heavy drinker.
Том колись багато пив.
Aren't you a coffee drinker?
Хіба ти не полюбляєш каву?
ruВы не кофеман?
deBist du nicht Kaffeetrinker?
Tom isn't much of a drinker.
ruТом не очень любит пить.
I'm not much of a drinker.
You're a heavy drinker, aren't you?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
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Forms
plural: drinkersSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- a heavy drinker
- heavy drinker
- a coffee drinker
- a binge drinker
- coffee drinker
- binge drinker