imbibe
verb
[ ɪmˈbʌɪb ]
• drink (alcohol).
• "they were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer"
Similar:
drink,
consume,
sup,
sip,
quaff,
swallow,
down,
guzzle,
gulp (down),
swill,
lap,
slurp,
swig,
knock back,
sink,
neck,
chug,
drink alcohol,
take strong drink,
indulge,
tipple,
booze,
hit the bottle,
take to the bottle,
knock a few back,
wet one's whistle,
bevvy,
bend one's elbow,
wassail,
tope,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘absorb or cause to absorb moisture’ and ‘take into solution’): from Latin imbibere, from in- ‘in’ + bibere ‘to drink’.
