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drank en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [dɹɛə̯ŋk] (Inland-Northern-American)
  • /dɹaŋk/ (British, Midlands, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
  • [dɹeɪŋk] ~ [dɹɛːŋk] ~ [dɹæŋk] Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
  • /dɹæŋk/ (US)
  • /dɹæːŋk/ (Australia)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ (US)
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Southern-US)
  • /dɹɛŋk/ (New-Zealand)
  • /dɹæŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
  • [dɹæŋk] ~ [dɹæə̯ŋk] ~ [dɹɛə̯ŋk] (Southern-US)
  • [dɹeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [dɹeːŋk] North-Central US
  • [dɹæŋk] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /dɹæŋk/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /dɾaŋk/ (Scotland, Wales)
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ North-Central US
  • audio
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Inland-Northern-American)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of drink.

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable) Dextromethorphan.
  2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A drink, usually alcoholic.
    • You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up. 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dranks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

purple drank

drank en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [dɹɛə̯ŋk] (Inland-Northern-American)
  • /dɹaŋk/ (British, Midlands, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
  • [dɹeɪŋk] ~ [dɹɛːŋk] ~ [dɹæŋk] Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
  • /dɹæŋk/ (US)
  • /dɹæːŋk/ (Australia)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ (US)
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Southern-US)
  • /dɹɛŋk/ (New-Zealand)
  • /dɹæŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England
  • [dɹæŋk] ~ [dɹæə̯ŋk] ~ [dɹɛə̯ŋk] (Southern-US)
  • [dɹeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [dɹeːŋk] North-Central US
  • [dɹæŋk] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /dɹæŋk/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /dɾaŋk/ (Scotland, Wales)
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ North-Central US
  • audio
  • /dɹæŋk/ (Inland-Northern-American)
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ Western US, Midland US, Western Pennsylvania, New England

Etymology

From Middle English drank, from Old English dranc, from Proto-West Germanic *drank.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, past) simple past of drink
    form of drink
    • He drank a lot last night.
  2. (form-of, informal, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of drink
    form of drink
    • He'd drank alcohol prior to driving off the road.
    • Tho’ the Barber had drank down this Story with greedy Ears, he was not yet ſatisfied. 1749, Henry Fielding, “A Dialogue between Mr. Jones and the Barber”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 180:
    • Mr. Woodhouse was soon ready for his tea; and when he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; […] 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 263: