drank

See also: Drank and Dränk

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: drăngk, IPA^(key): /dɹæŋk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation spelling of drink.

Noun

drank (countable and uncountable, plural dranks)

1. (slang) Dextromethorphan.
2. (slang) A drink, usually alcoholic.
   • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown‎, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

     You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up.

Derived terms

• purple drank

References

• ATI

Etymology 2

From Middle English drank, from Old English dranc, from Proto-West Germanic *drank.

Verb

drank

1. simple past of drink

   He drank a lot last night.

2. (obsolete or informal) past participle of drink

   He'd drank alcohol prior to driving off the road.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “A Dialogue between Mr. Jones and the Barber”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 180:

     Tho’ the Barber had drank down this Story with greedy Ears, he was not yet ſatisfied.

   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 263:

     Mr. Woodhouse was soon ready for his tea; and when he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; […]

Anagrams

• rank'd

Afrikaans

Etymology

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Noun

drank (plural dranke, diminutive drankie)

1. beverage, drink

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *drank, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to pull; draw; sip”); compare German Trank (“drink; potion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɑŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: drank
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

drank m (plural dranken, diminutive drankje n)

1. (countable, uncountable) beverage, drink

   Synonym: drinken

2. (uncountable) alcoholic drinks, taken collectively

   Synonym: alcohol

Derived terms

• aan de drank
• drankje
• drankverslaafd
• hoestdrank
• sterkedrank

Related terms

• drinken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drank
• Negerhollands: drink

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• drinke (Halligen)
• drainke (Mooring)
• drink (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian drinka, which derives from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Cognates include West Frisian drinke.

Verb

drank

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drank (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	drank
infinitive II	(tu) dranken
past participle	dronken
imperative singular	drank
imperative plural	drank’m
	present	past
1st singular	drank	droonk
2nd singular	drankst	droonkst
3rd singular	drankt	droonk
plural	drank	droonk
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa dronken	hed dronken
2nd singular	heest dronken	hedst dronken
3rd singular	hee dronken	hed dronken
plural	haa dronken	hed dronken
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal drank	wal drank
2nd singular	skääl drank	wääl drank
3rd singular	skal drank	wal drank
plural	skel drank	wel drank