Meaning of drinker in English

drinker

noun [ C ]

/ˈdrɪŋ.kər/ us

/ˈdrɪŋ.kɚ/

drinker noun [C] (ALCOHOL)

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someone who drinks alcohol:

Smokers and drinkers are at increased risk of getting many cancers.

I'm not much of a drinker (= I don't drink much alcohol).

hard drinker

heavy drinker Many of her father's friends were heavy drinkers.

big drinker He's a big drinker (= drinks a lot of alcohol).

binge drinker Binge drinkers use alcohol to relieve stress.

problem drinker Over a long period of time, problem drinkers may develop various physical issues.

light drinker She's always been a light drinker (= does not drink a lot of alcohol).

social drinker I'm really just a social drinker now and will just have a couple of halves when I'm in the pub with friends.

underage drinker

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drinker noun [C] (LIQUID)

someone who drinks a particular drink:

tea drinker I'm a tea drinker mostly — I don't like coffee.

coffee drinker There are 167 million coffee drinkers in the US.

beer drinker Most American beer drinkers prefer lagers.

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(Definition of drinker from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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drinker

noun [ C ]

/ˈdrɪŋ·kər/

drinker noun [C] (PERSON WHO DRINKS)

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a person who drinks (a stated type of liquid):

a coffee drinker

drinker noun [C] (ALCOHOLIC)

a person who drinks liquids that contain alcohol, esp. regularly

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We evaluated the face validity of the proportions of nonhazardous, hazardous, and harmful drinkers using data from a test sample.

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The classifications yielded unexpectedly high numbers of harmful and hazardous drinkers.

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Little change in drinking for 50-64 age group (81% to 78%); drinkers aged 65+ increased from 58% to 67%.

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First (as the poem quoted earlier attests), it stimulated individual coffee drinkers, increasing their mental energy, alertness and sense of well-being.

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Indeed, if alcohol users are medicalized or regarded as ' problem drinkers ', then the assumption that people conceal their drinking seems inevitable.

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Results from the panel provided guidelines for classifying older individuals as harmful, hazardous, or nonhazardous drinkers, using a sur vey.

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It returns the drinker to the realm of pleasure and continuity that precede individuation.

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A ten-year follow-up study of older former problem drinkers: risk of relapse and implications of successfully sustained remission.

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However, among 'at-risk', heavy or problem drinkers, drinking patterns may be maintained in the later years, even if the quantity of alcohol consumed declines somewhat.

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Males are more frequently heavy drinkers and express aggression openly by fighting whereas women tend to be drug, rather than alcohol, dependent.

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Despite this, and other limitations, it was estimated that mortality was reduced by 23-36% in the population of problem drinkers.

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Transgression of the self is the drinker's back door to the divine.

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The one interviewee with his own tenancy was an elderly (71-year old) street drinker who had slept rough for many years.

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Non-professionals, especially the heavy drinkers, tended to emphasise other aspects of their lives, particularly the negative side of motherhood.

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The interaction of alcohol expectancies and drinking refusal self-efficacy in high and low risk drinkers.

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coffee drinker

They are primarily an adult or teen collectible, intended for the avid coffee drinker or teddy bear collector.

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heavy drinker

Managing the heavy drinker in primary care.

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moderate drinker

Ah, but he was once a moderate drinker!

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in Chinese (Traditional)

酒精, 喝酒的人，飲酒者, 液體…

Meaning of drinker in English

drinker noun [C] (ALCOHOL)

drinker noun [C] (LIQUID)

drinker | American Dictionary

drinker noun [C] (PERSON WHO DRINKS)

drinker noun [C] (ALCOHOLIC)

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