birling

present participle of birl, chiefly Scottish
as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night

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  • Some people find that drinking it on an empty stomach, such as before breakfast, can also lead to digestive upset or acid reflux.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • They're instructed to wait 30 minutes before eating, drinking or taking other oral medicines.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Why is Broken Bear, who looks like a ginormous purple guinea pig who’s been bingeing Cheetos, named that?
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But this is a book that resists binging.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Birling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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