drank

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drăngk, IPA^(key): /dɹæŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Pronunciation spelling of drink.

drank (countable and uncountable, plural dranks)

1. (slang) Dextromethorphan.
2. (slang) A drink, usually alcoholic.
   • 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:

     You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up.

• purple drank

• ATI

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

drank

1. simple past of drink

   He drank a lot last night.

2. (obsolete or informal) past participle of drink

   He'd drank alcohol prior to driving off the road.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “A Dialogue between Mr. Jones and the Barber”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book VIII, page 180:

     Tho’ the Barber had drank down this Story with greedy Ears, he was not yet ſatisfied.

   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: , volume I, London: for John Murray, →OCLC, page 263:

     Mr. Woodhouse was soon ready for his tea; and when he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; […]

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drank (plural dranke, diminutive drankie)

1. beverage, drink

From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *drank, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to pull; draw; sip”); compare German Trank (“drink; potion”).

• IPA^(key): /drɑŋk/

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• Hyphenation: drank
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

drank m (plural dranken, diminutive drankje n)

1. (countable, uncountable) beverage, drink

   Synonym: drinken

2. (uncountable) alcoholic drinks, taken collectively

   Synonym: alcohol

• Afrikaans: drank
• Negerhollands: drink

• drainke (Mooring)
• drink (Sylt)

From Old Frisian drinka, which derives from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Cognates include West Frisian drinke.

drank

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to drink