How to pronounce drinking:
Example: "Drink was his downfall"
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
Example: "He drank the water i gave him."
(metonymic) to consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Example: "Jack drank the whole bottle by himself."
To consume alcoholic beverages.
Example: "Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking."
To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
To smoke, as tobacco.