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milkshake

/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/ US, UK
[ˈmɪɫk.ʃeɪk] US, UK
/ˈmɪlk.ʃɛjk/ British, Southern, Standard
[ˈmɪɫk.ʃɛjk] British, Southern, Standard
/ˈmɪlk.ʃæɪk/ Australia
[ˈmɪɫk.ʃæɪk] Australia
/ˈməlk.ʃæɪk/ New Zealand
[ˈməɫk.ʃæɪk] New Zealand
/ˈmɪlk.ʃek/ Scotland
/ˈmɪlk.ʃeːk/ Wales

noun milkshakes

A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson.
Similar: frappe, cabinet, thickshake
Australia, New England, New Zealand A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
informal Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine. This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.
slang An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance. 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 bri

verb milkshakes · milkshaking · milkshaked

slang, transitive To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance. The name of the horse who was milkshaked was A One Rocket. Martin would later go on to plead guilty to the milkshaking incident and ultimately to two federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
informal, neologism, transitive To throw a milkshake at (a person). A politician was milkshaked during the protest.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: milk shake, shake, malt, mango, smoothie, thickshake, protein shake, frosted, malted milk, chocolate milk, malt shop, ice milk, mix-in, cabinet, milk punch, milk bar

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noun milk and ice cream beverage

Español	batido, milkshake
한국어	밀크셰이크 milkeusyeikeu
日本語	ミルクセーキ mirukusēki
中文	奶昔 nǎixī, nǎixí
हिन्दी	खीर khīr
Kiswahili	sharubati
Português	batida, vitamina, milkshake, batido
Français	milk-shake, lait frappé, (Suisse romande)/(New England) frappé
Deutsch	Milchmixgetränk, Milchmischgetränk, Milchmix, Milchshake
Italiano	frullato, milkshake, frappè
Ελληνικά	μιλκσέικ milkséik
Русский	моло́чный кокте́йль molóčnyj koktéjlʹ, кокте́йль koktéjlʹ, милкше́йк milkšéjk
Tiếng Việt	loại kem sưa, trộn
العربية	مِيلْك شَيْك milk šayk, مَخْفُوق اَلْحَلِيب maḵfūq al-ḥalīb

noun beverage consisting of fruit juice, water and sometimes milk

中文	冰沙 bīngshā
Português	vitamina

noun emulsion of oil and water in an engine

Français	mayonnaise

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@misc{milkshake_2026,
  title = {milkshake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milkshake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}