drinkle
/ˈdɹɪŋkl̩/
drinkle verb: to drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
Verb
drinkle (third-person singular simple present drinkles, present participle drinkling, simple past and past participle drinkled)
- To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
- We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete.1965, John Treadwell Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo
- To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk.
- 'Get this one into bed and it's a royal flush!' His face twinkled, his gums sparkled, his eyes kindled, his brow darkened. I bridled and bristled, nettled and rankled, then drinkled and drankled some more.2009, Claire Kilroy, All Names Have Been Changed
- To drown.
- And the Mercury states that "the heavy rain drenched the field, and most betook themselves to a retreat, but the rats were all drinkled".1900, George Borrow, “Notes to Lavengro, with Corrections, Identifications and Translations”, in Lavengro […], new edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 562
Forms of drinkle
| third-person singular present | drinkles |
|---|---|
| present participle | drinkling |
| past participle | drinkled |
| past | drinkled |
| alternative form | drenkle |
Origin of drinkle
From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.
Words formed from drinkle
- drinkling
Words that rhyme with drinkle
Questions about drinkle
- What does drinkle mean?
- Drinkle means to drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
- What part of speech is drinkle?
- Drinkle is a verb.
- How do you pronounce drinkle?
- Drinkle is pronounced /ˈdɹɪŋkl̩/.
- What is the past tense of drinkle?
- The past tense of drinkle is drinkled.
Words near drinkle in the dictionary
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