black cow

noun

A root beer float.

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Meanings

nounblack cow (plural black cows)

plural black cows

  1. slangA root beer float.

    Just when it seems so clear / That it's over now / Drink your big black cow / And get out of here

    1977, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, “Black Cow”, in Aja, performed by Steely Dan
  2. slangA drink made from birch beer and chocolate ice cream.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
root beer float
Cite this entry
APA

black cow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20cow

MLA

“black cow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20cow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black cow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20cow.

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