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drank¹

  • /dɹæŋk/ UK
  • /dɹaŋk/ British, Midlands, Northern England
  • /dɾaŋk/ Scotland, Wales
  • /dɹæːŋk/ Australia
  • /dɹɛŋk/ New Zealand
  • /dɹæŋk/ US
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ US
  • /dɹæŋk/
  • [dɹæŋk]
  • /dɹæŋk/ Southern US
  • [dɹæŋk] ~ [dɹæə̯ŋk] ~ [dɹɛə̯ŋk] Southern US
  • /dɹæŋk/ Inland Northern American
  • [dɹɛə̯ŋk] Inland Northern American
  • /dɹeɪŋk/
  • [dɹeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [dɹeːŋk]
  • [dɹeɪŋk] ~ [dɹɛːŋk] ~ [dɹæŋk]

Sounds like drink (thank-think merger) · Rhymes with -æŋk

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of drink.

noun dranks

  1. countable, slang, uncountable Dextromethorphan.
  2. countable, slang, uncountable A drink, usually alcoholic. You leave your drink around me, believe your drank going to get drunk up.

drank²

  • /dɹæŋk/ UK
  • /dɹaŋk/ British, Midlands, Northern England
  • /dɾaŋk/ Scotland, Wales
  • /dɹæːŋk/ Australia
  • /dɹɛŋk/ New Zealand
  • /dɹæŋk/ US
  • /dɹeɪŋk/ US
  • /dɹæŋk/
  • [dɹæŋk]
  • /dɹæŋk/ Southern US
  • [dɹæŋk] ~ [dɹæə̯ŋk] ~ [dɹɛə̯ŋk] Southern US
  • /dɹæŋk/ Inland Northern American
  • [dɹɛə̯ŋk] Inland Northern American
  • /dɹeɪŋk/
  • [dɹeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [dɹeːŋk]
  • [dɹeɪŋk] ~ [dɹɛːŋk] ~ [dɹæŋk]

Sounds like drink (thank-think merger) · Rhymes with -æŋk

Where it comes from

From Middle English drank, from Old English dranc, from Proto-West Germanic *drank.

verb

  1. past simple past of drink He drank a lot last night.
  2. informal, obsolete, participle, past past participle of drink He'd drank alcohol prior to driving off the road.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jacked, absorb, toasty, intoxicated, consume, downed, had, boozed, bou, guzzled, imbibed, tasted, tippled, swigged, quaffed, gulped

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"drank." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/drank. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

drank. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/drank

Chicago

"drank." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/drank.

BibTeX
@misc{drank_2026,
  title = {drank},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drank},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}