wining

verb

present participle of wine
as in drinking
to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal

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Recent Examples of wining Damiani has worked for years in advertising, as a copywriter and designer, wining Uruguay’s fist Golden Lion, then in VFX rising to Creative Director at top Uruguayan VFX house Aparato. — John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 Affleck called the Oscar-wining director for an explanation about the 2020 film amid an argument with his son. — Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026 Tabora previously starred in Eblahan’s award-wining 2024 short film Vox Humana, which played at Toronto International Film Festival and won the Student Prize at Clermont-Ferrand. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Still, Agrawal is convinced that the Mesh partnership is a wining one. — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 On cue, left-wing French politicians have already shaken their fists at the prospect of wining and dining the mercurial American leader on French taxpayers’ bill, according to Le Figaro. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026 Earlier on Saturday, Diane Parry of France took down Wimbledon and US Open finalist Amanda Anisimova, wining 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 in a third set tiebreaker. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 And Netflix persuaded Jennifer Lopez, Florence Pugh, Tina Fey and John Cena to come all the way to a film studio on the Hudson River, before wining and dining media buyers with burgers, booze and grain bowls in one of its empty soundstages. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 The Rebels then marched down the field, with Lucas Carneiro hitting the game-wining 47-yard field goal with six seconds left in regulation. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wining
  1. drinking
  2. sipping
  3. licking
Verb
  • Observed employees drinking coffee by the sushi area who changed their gloves but didn’t wash their hands before preparing sushi for customers’ orders.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Its owner, Jack Swilling, was a hardworking, hard-drinking entrepreneur who often supplemented his whiskey with liquid morphine.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of drinking
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  • The first Drinking Pig pop-up opened during the 2020 pandemic in a north Miami-Dade front yard, where neighbors and other locals could show up, order and eat at an outdoor picnic table while sipping cold drinks from the cooler.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Sail the coast, explore the jewel-like beaches, spend days strolling the Old Town and nights sipping sunset cocktails by the water.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sipping
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  • After contracting the plague, he was banished to a cave, where a dog brought him bread and healed his wounds by licking them.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But the lively crew at the urinals was already licking its lips in anticipation.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of licking

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“Wining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wining. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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