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pre-drink

pre-drink verb: to drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.

Verb

pre-drink (third-person singular simple present pre-drinks, present participle pre-drinking, simple past pre-drank, past participle pre-drunk)

  1. (intransitive) To drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.
    • [Scott and Ramona find Wallace sleeping and wake him up.]
      Scott: What are you doing here? I thought you were going dancing!
      Wallace: Oh... I'm... Still here?
      Ramona: You pre-drank too much and fell asleep before even going out!2007, “Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 4
    Synonyms:
    pregame, preload

Synonyms of pre-drink

Forms of pre-drink

third-person singular presentpre-drinks
present participlepre-drinking
pastpre-drank
past participlepre-drunk

Origin of pre-drink

From pre- + drink.

Questions about pre-drink

What does pre-drink mean?
Pre-drink means to drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.
What part of speech is pre-drink?
Pre-drink is a verb.
What is the past tense of pre-drink?
The past tense of pre-drink is pre-drank.

Words near pre-drink in the dictionary

  1. pre-distortions
  2. pre-distressed
  3. pre-drank
  4. pre-dreadnought
  5. pre-dreadnoughts
  6. pre-drink
  7. pre-drinking
  8. pre-drinks
  9. pre-drunk
  10. pre-E
  11. pre-echo

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