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schnapps

/ʃnɑps/

schnapps noun: a type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.

Noun

schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

  1. (usually) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
    • apple schnapps; peach schnapps
  2. (countable, usually) A serving of this beverage.
    • “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3

Proper noun capitalized: Schnapps

Schnapps

  1. (plural) plural of Schnapp

schnapps meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

schnapps in Arabic

type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
شَنَبْص šanabṣ

schnapps in Vietnamese

type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor)
rượu sơnap

Forms of schnapps

pluralschnappses
pluralschnapps
alternative formschnaps

Origin of schnapps

Borrowed from German Schnaps.

Words that rhyme with schnapps

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about schnapps

What does schnapps mean?
Schnapps means a type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
What is schnapps in Arabic?
Schnapps in Arabic is شَنَبْص (šanabṣ). See Schnapps meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is schnapps?
Schnapps can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce schnapps?
Schnapps is pronounced /ʃnɑps/ (US).
What is the plural of schnapps?
The plural of schnapps is schnappses.

Words near schnapps in the dictionary

  1. Schnakenberg
  2. Schnakenbergs
  3. Schnapp
  4. schnapper
  5. schnappers
  6. schnapps
  7. schnappses
  8. schnaps
  9. schnapses
  10. Schnarr
  11. Schnarrs

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