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Meaning of milkshake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/

Definitions

  1. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
  2. A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
    Australia, New-England, New-Zealand
  3. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
  4. Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.
    informal
  5. An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“On May 2, a Twitter user posted a video of Danyaal Mahmud throwing a milkshake over Robinson.”
“McDonald’s has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies.”
“It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same,”
“This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.”
“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 bring the $200 million in illegal wagers to light.”
“In 1999, the trainer Bobby Frankel was rumored to have given a high-profile filly a "milkshake" — a high dose of baking soda intended to increase endurance — before a race in Kentucky.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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