drinking game

noun

: a game in which players drink alcohol when particular conditions are met

Drinking games have always been a way to break the ice. They weren't all that popular in my circle of friends, but I do remember occasional games of Beer-Pong, in which cups of beer are placed on a Ping-Pong table where they serve as both obstacles and receptacles: land a shot in one and your opponent has to chug the contents.

—Barrett Seaman

Examples of drinking game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Featuring four cheeses, bacon strips and aioli draped over a half-pound Black Angus patty on a brioche bun, the 317 burger lights up the same corner of my brain as drinking games and vacation naps. —Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025

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Does this assertion lend itself to a drinking game? —Stacia Brown, Vulture, 26 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

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