dricka — meaning in English

English meaning

• drink verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
• imbibe verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
• soda noun A sweet carbonated soft drink.
• tipple noun The part of a mine, near its entrance, where coal is loaded and unloaded.

Senses

dricka is used for these senses in English:

• drink The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• drink Alcoholic beverages in general.
• drink (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• imbibe To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• soda (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
• soft drink Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet. (In this sense, juice, milk, tea and coffee are not soft drinks.)
• tipple (intransitive) To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.

drink — full definition

1. verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
2. verb To consume alcoholic beverages, often habitually.
3. noun Any liquid intended for drinking; a beverage.
4. noun A serving of an alcoholic beverage.

imbibe — full definition

1. verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
2. verb To take in and absorb ideas, attitudes or knowledge, usually without deliberate effort.

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