pouring drinks

Filling glasses up

Pouring drinks refers to the act of serving beverages, typically alcoholic ones, by transferring liquid from a bottle or container into glasses.

The phrase often implies working as a bartender: She spent her twenties pouring drinks at a dive bar.

It can also describe hosting duties at a party or social gathering.

Related

glass · wine glass · pitcher · wine · cocktail · tap · draft beer · spout · stream · liquid · beer · overflow · filling · drip · decant · serve · top shelf · ice

Categories
Opposites
liquid transfer direction

pouring drinksmopping up

Completing final details

consumption activity

pouring drinksdrinking

Liquid consumption act

gulping · quaffing · imbibing · chugging · consuming

liquid movement direction

pouring drinksdrinking

Liquid consumption act

gulping · swallowing · chugging · slurping · absorbing

Family

pour, pours, poured, pouring, drink, drinks, drank, drunk, drinking

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G