drinkfest

English

Etymology

From drink +‎ -fest. Compare German Trinkfest.

Noun

drinkfest (plural drinkfests)

1. An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.
   • 1976, Frank M. LeBar, Insular Southeast Asia: Philippines, page 255:

     The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.

   • 1979, Mary Barnard, Mythmakers, page 10:

     In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.

   • 2011, Vivien Lougheed, Bruce Conord, Bolivia's Altiplano - Lake Titicaca, Copacabana and Beyond:

     It has pool tables, lots of loud music and a small restaurant where you can line your stomach before competing in a drinkfest with the Oreños.