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drank

Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.]
--Dr. Prior.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
drank

Old English dranc, singular past tense of drink. It also became past participle 17c.-19c., probably to avoid the pejorative associations of drunk.

Wiktionary
drank

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context slang English) dextromethorphan 2 (context slang English) a drink, usually alcoholic vb. (en-simple past of: drink) Etymology 2

n. (context UK dialect English) Wild oats, or darnel grass.

WordNet
drink
  1. v. take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: imbibe]

  2. consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: booze, fuddle]

  3. propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, pledge, salute, wassail]

  4. be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [syn: drink in]

  5. drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: tope]

  6. [also: drunk, drank]

drink
  1. n. a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"

  2. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]

  3. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drinkable, potable]

  4. any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"

  5. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, deglutition]

  6. [also: drunk, drank]

drank

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Wikipedia
Drank

Drank may refer to:

  • Drank (soda), a grape flavored 'anti-energy' drink sold in some U.S. states.
  • Purple drank, a recreational drug
Drank (soda)

Drank is a grape-flavored soft drink sold in the United States and Canada. It is marketed as a "Non-Energy" drink which causes relaxation as opposed to a sugar or caffeine jolt.

Drank contains three active ingredients: melatonin, rose hip and Valerian root.

Drank's slogan is "Slow Your Roll".

Usage examples of "drank".

Instead he drank - ice-cold beer all day long, then bourbon when the beer did not make him numb.

He stared at her with utter contempt on the very few occasions when she drank too much wine and her voice became slurry.

On Mardi Gras day, he and Marie Louise dressed as pirates, went down to the French Quarter, drank beer, snuggled and necked on a bench in Jackson Square.

In her leisure hours, she drank her ever increasing amounts of wine, read her novels, visited with friends, and was a happy, satisfied person.

Snug in the corner of the wheelhouse bunk, dressed in fresh clothes, Rowan drank her steaming coffee.

We drank a glass of wine with the young painters who were always gathered there to study with the master and this is when Rembrandt first caught sight of Deborah, though it was later that he painted her.

So feverish was I finally that I drank the wine again so that it would dull my pain.

When she had gone I took up the rum which had always been there for me, and which was naturally much stronger than the wine, and I drank myself into horrid dreams with that.

Afterwards, he drank some more champagne with them, and even the little girls drank it.

I went back to the hotel, drank a stiff brandy, and lectured myself on the dangers of becoming emotionally involved.

The following morning, I followed her to the first of her classes, and then afterwards into a large basement canteen area where she drank coffee alone at a small table and put nickels into the jukebox over and over to play one selection repeatedly - a mournful Gershwin tune sung by Nina Simone.

Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, the ribbons soundlessly crying her mother's name, while the ladies in the pretty dresses drank white wine from stemmed glasses, and the little girl with the hair ribbon stared at her, and a nun, even a nun in a dark blue dress and white veil and black stockings, sat bent over her cane, on the edge of a chair, with a man speaking into her ear, her head cocked, her small beak of a nose gleaming in the light, and little girls gathered around her.

Aaron drank a toast with them over breakfast, and then went back to work in the library at First Street, where at Rowan's invitation he was cataloging the rare books.

Finally she sat up, straightened out the wrinkled nightgown, and drank a long cool sip of the champagne.

We drank until the beer flowed down our chins, and smacked the empty cups on the board with a solid thump.