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Meaning of "drink-dialling" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRINK-DIALLING

On the model of drink-driving.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DRINK-DIALLING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRINK-DIALLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drink-Dialling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRINK-DIALLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drink-dialling in the English dictionary

The definition of drink-dialling in the dictionary is the inadvisable practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRINK-DIALLING

drink
drink like a fish
drink problem
drink someone under the table
drink the health of
drink with the flies
drink-drive
drink-drive limit
drink-driver
drink-driving
drinkability
drinkable
drinkableness
drinkably
drinker
drinker moth
drinking
drinking chocolate
drinking fountain
drinking problem

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRINK-DIALLING

bestselling
billing
calling
chilling
controlling
direct selling
drilling
falling
feeling
filling
hot-selling
installing
killing
modelling
rolling
scrolling
selling
spelling
telling
travelling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of drink-dialling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drink-dialling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRINK-DIALLING

Find out the translation of drink-dialling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drink-dialling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drink-dialling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酒后拨号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copa - marcación
570 millions of speakers

English

drink-dialling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीने डायलन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الشراب الاتصال السريع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Напиток - набор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bebida de marcação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেয় ডায়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boisson numérotation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dail minuman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Getränk Wahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドリンクダイヤル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음료 다이얼링
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nginum-dialing
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Uống quay số
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பானம்-அழைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेय-डायलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içecek çevirme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bevanda - selezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pić wybierania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Напій - набір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bea - apelare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποτό - κλήση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drink - dialing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drink - uppringning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

promille oppringing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drink-dialling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRINK-DIALLING»

The term «drink-dialling» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.357 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drink-dialling

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8 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRINK-DIALLING»

Discover the use of drink-dialling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drink-dialling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Scandalous Ecstasies of the Statuesque Sensationalists
You familiar with the time zone you're drink dialling?” “Dr. James, that you? Your voice is exceedingly bristly. Are you actually irritated?” “No, Pill, I love Negroni tossers drink dialling me so early before wakies.” “Do you really? Ha ho, you are  ...
Leith Lachlan Wulf, 2014
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Mr Nice Guy
“Okay, but no more drink-dialling. If I even suspect that you've phoned her, I'm kidnapping your phone and erasing every record of that wretched woman.” “Okay ,” said Dan. “Deal.” “What are you doing tonight?” Darren asked. “Nothing,” Dan ...
Thomas Dowler, 2007
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Outing the Goddess Within
I suggested to a friend, a particularly bad offender for drink-dialling, that she hand her phone to her responsible host upon arrival at a party. The host would hide the phone until such time Sandra could prove her sobriety, no matter how many ...
Anita Revel, 2008
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Courier
... location rather than for one particular type of locality. The designs shown are all by students of the College (over eighty in all) and include carpets, chairs, tables, glasses, ashtrays, a beer dispenser, drink dialling device, curtains, hangings, ...
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The best of times
Mark and some of the others had asked her out for a curry. Or she could even do it when she'd had a couple of drinks. Nothing like a bit of drink dialling . . . Abi had gone to have her hair blow-dried. It was the only way to get it all silky smooth, ...
Penny Vincenzi, 2009
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I smirt, you stooze, they krump: can you still speak English?
... children and (last time we checked) a bloke (Sunday Morning Herald) drink- dialling n. informal the inadvisable practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about 44.
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, Elspeth Summers, 2006
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Sheet Metal Industries
As well as the licensed "working model" there are designs for interior furnishings, furniture and equipment which includes a drink- dialling device and a one-armed bandit which looks like a space ship. The bar back consists of eight aluminium ...
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It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's ...
It’s called a breakup because it’s broken, and starting right here, right now, it’s time to dry your tears, put down that pint of ice cream, log out of his email, and open this book to chapter one—and start turning your breakup into ...
Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, 2005

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drink-Dialling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drink-dialling>. Apr 2024 ».
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