"drinkle" meaning in English

See drinkle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: drinkles [present, singular, third-person], drinkling [participle, present], drinkled [participle, past], drinkled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl Etymology: From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drinklen}} Middle English drinklen, {{der|en|ang|*drenclian|t=to drown}} Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), {{der|en|ang|drenċan|t=to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink}} Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), {{suffix|en|drink|le}} drink + -le, {{suffix|en|drench|le}} drench + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} drinkle (third-person singular simple present drinkles, present participle drinkling, simple past and past participle drinkled)
  1. (transitive) To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-drinkle-en-verb-LlxSYZbf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 28 33
  2. (intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-drinkle-en-verb-80WK7R7X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 28 33
  3. (intransitive) To drown. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-drinkle-en-verb-8o6qSthX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 28 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drenkle Derived forms: drinkling
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        "(transitive) To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown."
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