# milkshake

Pronunciation: say "MILK-shayk" /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/

## Noun

1. A thick beverage made by mixing milk and ice cream together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
   - Simple: A thick, cold drink made by mixing milk with ice cream, often with added fruit or chocolate flavor.
   - _He blended a thick vanilla milkshake using two scoops of ice cream._
   - _Children lined up at the counter for milkshakes after the game._
2. A thin beverage like the thicker shake but containing no ice cream, or significantly less of it. *(dialectal, Australia, New England, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: A thin, sweet drink like a thick shake but made with little or no ice cream.
   - _The cafe serves a runny milkshake that pours like cold chocolate milk._
   - _Some shops sell thin milkshakes with barely a spoonful of ice cream._
3. A beverage made from fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
   - Simple: A drink popular in Southeast Asia made from fruit juice, water, and a little milk.
   - _The hawker stall blended a milkshake from fresh papaya juice, water, and a little milk._
   - _Across the region, milkshakes often taste more like fruit juice than dessert._
4. An accidental emulsion of oil and water that forms inside an engine. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A creamy mix of oil and water that forms by accident inside an engine.
   - _He spotted a milkshake on the dipstick and suspected a blown head gasket._
   - _Oil and coolant had mixed into a gray milkshake inside the engine._
6. In horse racing, an alkaline mixture given to a horse in the hope of improving how well it races. *(slang)*
   - Simple: An alkaline drink given to a racehorse to help it run faster.
   - _A positive test for a milkshake led to the trainer's suspension._
   - _Stewards screen for milkshakes by measuring carbon dioxide levels in the blood._

## Verb

5. To target someone by deliberately throwing a milkshake at them. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To throw a milkshake at a person on purpose.
   - _Activists threatened to milkshake the politician at every campaign stop._
   - _A bystander milkshaked the minister outside the town hall._
7. To give a horse an alkaline supplement in order to improve its racing performance. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To give a racehorse a special alkaline drink that is supposed to make it race faster.
   - _Investigators alleged that the stable would milkshake favorites to mask fatigue._
   - _The trainer milkshaked two horses ahead of the championship meet._

## Origin

A compound of 'milk' and 'shake'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/milkshake (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).