drank

Pluraldranks

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense of drink. Use it for the past.

   She drank a tall glass of water after the run.

   We drank lemonade on the porch all afternoon.

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2. 2
   nounslangcountable or uncountable

   A drink, most often one that has alcohol in it.

   He grabbed a cold drank from the cooler.

   They were sipping on some drank by the pool.

   Similardrink, bevvy

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3. 3
   verbobsolete

   Past participle of drink. It is nonstandard today: standard English uses drunk after have, has or had.

   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”Here, drank is used where drunk is usual, meaning taken in eagerly.

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

   Here, drank is used where drunk is usual, meaning had alcohol.

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4. 4
   nounslanguncountable

   A drug found in some cough medicines that some people take to get high.

   They got caught buying drank to mix into soda.

   The clinic saw teens who had been using drank for months.

   Similarlean, sizzurp

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