milkshake

See also: milk-shake and milk shake

English

A strawberry milkshake with whipped cream on top.

Etymology

milk + shake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪɫk.ʃeɪk]
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Noun

milkshake (plural milkshakes)

  1. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
  2. (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
  3. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
  4. (analogy, mechanics, familiar) Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.
    This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.

Synonyms

  • (New England): frappe (thick beverage)
  • (Rhode Island): cabinet (thick beverage)
  • (Australia, and, New Zealand): thickshake (thick beverage)

Translations

Verb

milkshake (third-person singular simple present milkshakes, present participle milkshaking, simple past and past participle milkshaked)

  1. (transitive, slang, horse racing) To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.

See also


French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /milk.ʃɛk/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

  1. milkshake

Synonyms

  • lait frappé (Quebec)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshaker, definite plural milkshakene)

  1. a milkshake

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshakar, definite plural milkshakane)

  1. a milkshake

References


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmiwk.ˈʃejk/, /ˌmiw.ki.ˈʃej.ki/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

  1. milkshake (milk and ice cream beverage)
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