"alcopop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈælkəʊ.pɒp/ [UK], /ˈælkoʊ.pɑp/ [US] Audio: EN-AU ck1 alcopop.ogg [Australia] Forms: alcopops [plural]
Etymology: Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|alcohol|pop|gloss2=sweetened carbonated drink}} Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} alcopop (usually uncountable, plural alcopops)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia) An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink. Wikipedia link: alcopop Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Cocktails Related terms: premix [Australia], cooler [Canada], malternative Translations (type of alcoholic drink): limuviina (Finnish), limualkoholi (Finnish), rusbrus [masculine] (Norwegian), отвёртка (otvjórtka) (english: screwdriver) [feminine] (Russian), alkoläsk [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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