milkshake
/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
noun
A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage
noun
A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
verb
To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
Slang; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson."
- "McDonald’s has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies."
- "It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same,"
- "This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket."
- "It was the illegal administration by trainer Gregory Martin and subsequent positive test of a baking soda, sugar and water mixture – commonly known as a “milkshake” – prior to one of his runner’s 10 length romps in a $12,000 claiming race at Aqueduct on December 18, 2003 that initially helped to bring the $200 million in illegal wagers to light."
- "In 1999, the trainer Bobby Frankel was rumored to have given a high-profile filly a "milkshake" — a high dose of baking soda intended to increase endurance — before a race in Kentucky."
Etymology
Etymology tree English milk Proto-Indo-European *skek-der. Proto-Germanic *skakaną Proto-West Germanic *skakan Old English sċacan Middle English schaken English shake English milkshake From milk + shake.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/
- British English: /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/