milkshake
UK/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/
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British/ˈmɪlk.ʃɛjk/
milkshake noun: a thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
Noun
milkshake (plural milkshakes)
- A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson.2019 May 21, Luke McGee, “Right-wing British politicians are having milkshakes thrown over them. Here’s why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023
- McDonald’s has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies.2021 August 24, Charles Riley, “McDonald’s has run out of milkshakes in the UK”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2022
- Synonyms:
- frappe, cabinet, thickshake
- A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
- A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
- Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.
- This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.
- An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.
- It was the illegal administration by trainer Gregory Martin and subsequent positive test of a baking soda, sugar and water mixture – commonly known as a “milkshake” – prior to one of his runner’s 10 length romps in a $12,000 claiming race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003 that initially helped to...(Can we date this quote?), Jen Roytz, “Cosequin presents OTTB Showcase: A One Rocket (a.k.a. “Rocky”)”, in Paulick Report, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025, page 1
- In 1999, the trainer Bobby Frankel was rumored to have given a high-profile filly a "milkshake" — a high dose of baking soda intended to increase endurance — before a race in Kentucky.2025, Katie Bo Lillis, Death of a Racehorse: An American Story, page 60
Verb
milkshake (third-person singular simple present milkshakes, present participle milkshaking, simple past and past participle milkshaked)
- To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
- The name of the horse who was milkshaked was A One Rocket.
Martin would later go on to plead guilty to the milkshaking incident and ultimately to two federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.(Can we date this quote?), Jen Roytz, “Cosequin presents OTTB Showcase: A One Rocket (a.k.a. “Rocky”)”, in Paulick Report, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025, page 1
- The name of the horse who was milkshaked was A One Rocket.
- To throw a milkshake at (a person).
- A politician was milkshaked during the protest.
- Carl Benjamin, another controversial candidate in the European elections, was milkshaked four times last week. […] The most recent milkshaking target is the former leader of Benjamin’s party, Nigel Farage, who left UKIP after it tried to admit Robinson as a member, claiming the party was fixated on...2019 May 21, Luke McGee, “Right-wing British politicians are having milkshakes thrown over them. Here’s why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023
milkshake meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
milkshake in Hindi
- milk and ice cream beverage
- खीर khīr
milkshake in Tamil
- milk and ice cream beverage
- மில்க் ஷேக் milk ṣēk
milkshake in Marathi
- milk and ice cream beverage
- मिल्कशेक milkaśek
milkshake in Bengali
- milk and ice cream beverage
- মিল্কশেক milkśek
More languagesFewer languages
- milkshake in Telugu
- మిల్క్ షేక్ milk ṣēk
- milkshake in Kannada
- ಮಿಲ್ಕ್ಶೇಕ್, ಮಿಲ್ಕ್ಶೇಕಿಂಗ್
- milkshake in Gujarati
- મિલ્કશેક
- milkshake in Odia
- ମିଲ୍କଶେକ୍, ମିଲ୍କଶେକ
- milkshake in Nepali
- मिल्कशेक, मिल्कसेक, मिल्कशेकिङ
- milkshake in Arabic
- مِيلْك شَيْك milk šayk, مَخْفُوق اَلْحَلِيب maḵfūq al-ḥalīb
- milkshake in Malay
- susu kocak
- milkshake in Indonesian
- susu kocok
- milkshake in Persian
- میلک شیک milk šeyk
- milkshake in Thai
- นมปั่น nohmbpan
- milkshake in Vietnamese
- loại kem sưa, trộn
Examples of milkshake in a sentence
- That's one Big Mac and a milkshake: would you like to go large for just 40 cents?
- The milkshake tax will increase the cost of a latte as well as a milkshake.
- Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
Synonyms of milkshake
Forms of milkshake
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | milkshakes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | milkshakes |
| present participle | milkshaking |
| past participle | milkshaked |
| past | milkshaked |
Origin of milkshake
From milk + shake.
Words formed from milkshake
Phrases with milkshake
Questions about milkshake
- What does milkshake mean?
- Milkshake means a thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- What is milkshake in Hindi?
- Milkshake in Hindi is खीर (khīr). See Milkshake meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is milkshake?
- Milkshake can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce milkshake?
- Milkshake is pronounced /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of milkshake?
- The plural of milkshake is milkshakes.
Words near milkshake in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: milkshake (page history and authors); milkshake (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milkshake (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milkshake (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milkshake (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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