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drinkle.

To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdɹɪŋkl̩/
  1. To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.

    transitive
  2. To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk.

    intransitive
  3. To drown.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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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