English Dictionary
◊ DRINK
drink
n 1: a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink";
"likes a drink before dinner"
2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" [syn: {drinking}, {boozing}, {drunkenness},
{crapulence}]
3: any liquid suitable for drinking: "may I take your beverage
order?" [syn: {beverage}, {drinkable}, {potable}]
4: (informal) any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the
drink and had to be rescued"
5: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;
"alcohol (or drink) ruined him" [syn: {alcohol}, {alcoholic
beverage}, {intoxicant}, {inebriant}]
6: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was
enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his
lips" [syn: {swallow}, {deglutition}]
v 1: take in liquids [syn: {imbibe}]
2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: {booze},
{fuddle}]
3: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!" "Let's
drink to the New Year" [syn: {toast}, {pledge}, {salute}]
4: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to;
"The mother drink in every word of her son on the stage"
[syn: {drink in}]
5: drink alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and
beats his wife" [syn: {tope}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN DINK?
dink
/dink/ Said of a machine that has the {bitty box} nature; a
machine too small to be worth bothering with - sometimes the
system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from
an {MIT} hacker working on a {CP/M} system with 64K, in
reference to any {6502} system, then from fans of 32 bit
architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work
on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream
"dinky", which isn't sufficiently pejorative.
See {macdink}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-10-31)