2. Noun. (cricket plurale tantum) A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of drink) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drinks
1. drink [v] - See also: drink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drinks
Literary usage of Drinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"AMERICAN drinks. “Well, if you don't know what that is, give us a champagne
cock-tail.” [A stare and a shrug. ..."
2. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"Infrequent: drinks less than once a month but at least once a year, ... Less frequent
low maximum: drinks one to three times a month but never has five or ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... of the obligation to abstain from leaven throughout the whole period of the
Passover, the a curiosity “ extended at that season to all drinks. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"Is considering the influence of alcohol and alcoholic drinks upon digestion we
must have, at the outset, a clear understanding of what is meant by or ..."
5. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative by Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1888)
"Those statutes which regulate or altogether prohibit the sale of intoxicating
drinks as a beverage have also been, by some persons, supposed to conflict ..."
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