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milkshake

milkshake

See also: milk-shake and milk shake

English

A strawberry milkshake with whipped cream on top.

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 without 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.
  5. (slang) Female sex appeal or promiscuity.

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

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

  1. a milkshake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

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

  1. a milkshake

Portuguese

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

  1. milkshake (milk and ice cream beverage)