drank

verb

Definition of dranknext
past tense of drink
1
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination

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2
as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages we're worried that she's started drinking again

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3
as in absorbed
to take in (something liquid) through small openings the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge

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Recent Examples of drank Hampton drank three Shiner bottled beers and two shots of whiskey at a Grand Prairie pool hall and smoked marijuana at his manager’s house in the hours before the collision, Hampton told a police officer near the scene. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026 Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 These toads would be boiled down in billycans to produce a sludgy brew, which the hippies purportedly drank. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026 Sports bars and restaurants overflowed with customers who drank beer taps dry. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 The Crime 101 star drank from a coffee cup and held a beach hat in multiple images, which showed her posing alongside greenery with the ocean behind her. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 While James Bond was also partial to the odd negroni, and drank them in Fleming’s 1960 short story Risico. — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The pilots ate breakfast together in the hotel lounge, according to The Sun, and all of them drank bottled water provided by an outside supplier. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 After the ceremony, guests ate mini tacos and drank Champagne on the top floor of The Kennedy Center. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drank
  1. sipped
  2. boozed
  3. absorbed
  4. gulped
  5. reveled
  6. swallowed
  7. imbibed
Verb
  • Acker had brought two large deli coffees, and Lee sipped his from a straw.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In a separate photo showcasing her stomach, Culpo sipped on a smoothie from Erewhon in an effort to beat the heat.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Definition of boozed
Verb
  • The mortgage has been calculated, insurance and taxes considered, and closing costs absorbed.
    — Dan Bray, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As a preteen, I became absorbed in the life of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok and others through stories written for my age group.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of absorbed
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of reveled
Verb
  • Nowhere is the gap between noise and signal wider than in the obsession that has swallowed every other story, which is AI.
    — Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In an exam room at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago, Gardner shook three light blue pills out of a bottle and, sipping water, swallowed them one at a time.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of swallowed
Verb
  • Drinks and subpar nachos will be shared beneath the musty rafters of the tavern where the surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon once imbibed.
    — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • Throughout the day, this can create numerous situations where drinks such as coffee/iced coffee, energy drinks, or alcohol are imbibed.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of imbibed

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