drank
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drăngk, IPA(key): /dɹæŋk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation spelling of drink.
Noun
drank (countable and uncountable, plural dranks)
- (slang) Dextromethorphan.
- (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.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English drank, from Old English dranc, from Proto-West Germanic *drank.
Verb
drank
- simple past of drink
- He drank a lot last night.
- (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[ndrew] 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: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] 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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Etymology
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Noun
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drank m (plural dranken, diminutive drankje n)
- (countable, uncountable) beverage, drink
- Synonym: drinken
- (uncountable) alcoholic drinks, taken collectively
- Synonym: alcohol
Derived terms
- aan de drank
- drankje
- drankverslaafd
- hoestdrank
- sterkedrank
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Etymology
From Old Frisian drinka, which derives from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Cognates include West Frisian drinke.
Verb
drank
- (Föhr-Amrum) to drink
Conjugation
| infinitive I | drank | |
|---|---|---|
| infinitive II | (tu) dranken | |
| past participle | dronken | |
| imperative singular | drank | |
| imperative plural | drank’m | |
| present | past | |
| 1st singular | drank | droonk |
| 2nd singular | drankst | droonkst |
| 3rd singular | drankt | droonk |
| plural | drank | droonk |
| perfect | pluperfect | |
| 1st singular | haa dronken | hed dronken |
| 2nd singular | heest dronken | hedst dronken |
| 3rd singular | hee dronken | hed dronken |
| plural | haa dronken | hed dronken |
| future (skel) | future (wel) | |
| 1st singular | skal drank | wal drank |
| 2nd singular | skääl drank | wääl drank |
| 3rd singular | skal drank | wal drank |
| plural | skel drank | wel drank |
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