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drinks

/dɹɪŋks/

drinks is the plural of drink.

drinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drink.

Meaning of drink

Noun

drink (countable and uncountable, plural drinks)

  1. A beverage.
    • What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.
    Synonyms:
    beverage
  2. (uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink.
    • For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:35
  3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
    • My favourite drink is the White Russian.
    Synonyms:
    beverage
  4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
    • Can I buy you a drink?
  5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
    • He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
    Synonyms:
    gulp, sip, swig
  6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
    • She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court
    Synonyms:
    alcoholic beverage

See all 20 meanings of drink

Noun

drinks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.

Phrases with drinks

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Words that rhyme with drinks

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Questions about drinks

What does drinks mean?
Drinks means a short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.
What is drinks the plural of?
Drinks is the plural of drink.
What part of speech is drinks?
Drinks is a noun.
How do you pronounce drinks?
Drinks is pronounced /dɹɪŋks/.

Words near drinks in the dictionary

  1. drinkmaking
  2. drinkologist
  3. drinkologists
  4. drinkometer
  5. drinkometers
  6. drinks
  7. drinks and drives
  8. drinks cabinet
  9. drinks cabinets
  10. drinks down
  11. drinks from a firehose

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