Etymology. O.E. drincan "to drink," also "to swallow up, engulf" (class III strong
verb; past tense dranc, pp. druncen), from P.Gmc. *drengkan. Not found outside
Gmc. The noun meaning "beverage, alcoholic beverage" was also in O.E. To
drink like a fish is first recorded 1747. Support the free Verbix verb conjugation
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