What does "drinking age" mean?

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The least age at which one is permitted by law to drink alcoholic beverages.

Drinking age

Q: What is a synonym for "drinking age"?

Common synonyms include: drinking-age threshold, legal drinking age, local norms, minimum drinking age, policy rationale, public health justification.

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The least age at which one is permitted by law to drink alcoholic beverages.
2
the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages wordnet
3
A two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em slang

Synonyms

All synonyms

drinking-age threshold legal drinking age local norms minimum drinking age policy rationale public health justification

Antonyms

All antonyms

no age based restriction no drinking age uniform global standard universal rule

Etymology

In most of the United States, the drinking age is 21 years. In poker, an ace often has the value of one. Hence, one could say that a 2-A hand in poker could have a value equivalent to 2-1.

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