drinkle
/ˈdɹɪŋkl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "'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."
- "And the Mercury states that "the heavy rain drenched the field, and most betook themselves to a retreat, but the rats were all drinkled"."
Etymology
From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
drinkles (present, singular)
drinkling (participle, present)
drinkled (participle, past)
drinkled (past)
drenkle (alternative)
Derived Forms
drinkling