pennying

English

Verb

pennying

1. present participle and gerund of penny

Noun

pennying (countable and uncountable, plural pennyings)

1. (uncountable, Oxbridge slang) The activity of pennying in general, as part of a meal or drinking game, whereby dropping a penny in a person's drink means that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
   • 2010 October 28, Eleanor Dickinson, Andrew Georgiou, The Cambridge Student‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 August 2016:

     The game, in which participants must ‘save the queen' by downing their drink if a penny is dropped into it, is already banned in most dining halls. However, the revelation that permitting pennying is now a criminal offence may mean that even stricter policies will now be enforced.

2. (countable, Oxbridge slang, uncommon) An act of pennying, as part of a meal or drinking game.