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, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎^[1], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):

     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 tense 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 928184292, 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 1708336, 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

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• Hyphenation: drank
• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

drank m (plural dranken, diminutive drankje n)

1. (countable, uncountable) beverage, drink
2. (uncountable) alcoholic drinks

Derived terms

• drankje
• hoestdrank

Related terms

• drinken
• liquid medicine

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drank
• Negerhollands: drink

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

drank

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drank

infinitive I	drank
infinitive II	tu dranken
past participle	dronken
imperative singular	drank
imperative plural	drank'em
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik drank	ik droonk
2nd-person singular	dü drankst	dü droonkst
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at drankt	hi/hat/at droonk
1st-person dual	wat drank	wat droonk
2nd-person dual	jat drank	jat droonk
1st-person plural	wi drank	wi droonk
2nd-person plural	jam drank	jam droonk
3rd-person plural	jo drank	jo droonk
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik haa dronken	ik hed dronken
2nd-person singular	dü heest dronken	dü hedst dronken
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at hee dronken	hi/hat/at hed dronken
1st-person dual	wat haa dronken	wat hed dronken
2nd-person dual	jat haa dronken	jat hed dronken
1st-person plural	wi haa dronken	wi hed dronken
2nd-person plural	jam haa dronken	jam hed dronken
3rd-person plural	jo haa dronken	jo hed dronken
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal drank	ik wal drank
2nd-person singular	dü skääl drank	dü wääl drank
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal drank	hi/hat/at wal drank
1st-person dual	wat skel drank	wat wel drank
2nd-person dual	jat skel drank	jat wel drank
1st-person plural	wi skel drank	wi wel drank
2nd-person plural	jam skel drank	jam wel drank
3rd-person plural	jo skel drank	jo wel drank