schnapps
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Noun
schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)
- (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
- apple schnapps ― peach schnapps
- (countable) A serving of this beverage.
- 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:
- “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”
Translations
type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
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serving of this beverage
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.
Noun
schnapps m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of schnaps