milkshake
noun
- beverage
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/ / [ˈmɪɫk.ʃeɪk] / /ˈmɪlk.ʃɛjk/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English milk English shake English milkshake From milk + shake.
- A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
“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.”
- A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
- A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
- Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.
“This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.”
- An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English milk English shake English milkshake From milk + shake.
- To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
“The name of the horse who was milkshaked was A One Rocket. Martin would later go on to plead guilty to the milkshaking incident and ultimately to two federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.”
- To throw a milkshake at (a person).
“A politician was milkshaked during the protest.”
“Carl Benjamin, another controversial candidate in the European elections, was milkshaked four times last week. […] The most recent milkshaking target is the former leader of Benjamin’s party, Nigel Farage, who left UKIP after it tried to admit Robinson as a member, claiming the party was fixated on Islam.”