verb
drinkle
Drinkle (verb) means to drink alcohol, or to make someone else drink it; also, to soak or drown something.
verb
1
To drink alcohol, or to make someone else drink it; also, to soak or drown something.
"We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete."
— John Treadwell Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo (1965)
2
To drink alcohol, or to become drunk.
"'Get this one into bed and it's a royal flush!' His face twinkled, his gums sparkled, his eyes kindled, his brow darkened. I bridled and bristled, nettled and rankled, then drinkled and drankled some more."
— Claire Kilroy, All Names Have Been Changed (2009)
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen, meaning ‘to plunge, drown’, from Old English *drenclian, meaning ‘to drown’, a frequentative form of Old English drenċan, meaning ‘to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink’; equivalent to drink plus -le and to drench plus -le. Compare dronkle and drunkle.
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What is the meaning of drinkle?
"drinkle" (verb) means to drink alcohol, or to make someone else drink it; also, to soak or drown something.
What are the different meanings of drinkle?
"drinkle" has 2 main meanings: 1. To drink alcohol, or to make someone else drink it; also, to soak or drown something; 2. To drink alcohol, or to become drunk.
