Drinking refers to an act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages. It commonly describes to consume (a liquid) through the mouth, to consume alcoholic beverages, and to take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to to take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see and to smoke, as tobacco, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Drinking as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Drinking therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Drinking is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense.
