milk shake

Thân thiện

A child enjoys a chocolate milk shake with a straw.

Definition

Noun: A milk shake is a cold, frothy beverage made by blending milk with flavorings such as syrup, fruit, or ice cream.

Usage

A "milk shake" is typically served as a dessert or sweet drink. It is consumed through a straw.

Examples

• I ordered a chocolate milk shake with my burger.
• This diner makes the best strawberry milk shakes.
• Would you like a vanilla milk shake or a malted?

Advanced Usage

• "To make a milk shake": To prepare this beverage, typically using a blender or a specialized mixing machine.
  • He knows how to make a perfect peanut butter milk shake.
• The term can be used informally to describe something that is mixed or blended thoroughly.
  • The politician's speech was a milk shake of old promises and new slogans.

Variants and Related Words

• Shake (n): A common, informal shortening of "milk shake."
  • I'll have a chocolate shake, please.
• Milkshake (n): An alternative, often single-word spelling.
• Frappe (n): In some regional dialects, particularly in parts of New England, a "frappe" is synonymous with a milk shake.
• Malted or Malt (n): A specific type of milk shake that includes malted milk powder.

Synonyms

• Frosty (a proprietary term for a specific frozen dairy dessert, but sometimes used generically).
• Thick shake.

Related Phrases

• "To shake things up": This phrasal verb is unrelated to the beverage but shares the root word "shake," meaning to make big changes.
  • The new manager really shook things up at the office.

Học thuật

Noun

1. frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Từ đồng nghĩa

• milkshake
• shake