pre-drink

verb

To drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.

Similar
pregamepreload
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbpre-drink (third-person singular simple present pre-drinks, present participle pre-drinking, simple past pre-drank, past participle pre-drunk)

present singular third person pre-drinks · participle present pre-drinking · past pre-drank · participle past pre-drunk

  1. intransitiveTo drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.

    [Scott and Ramona find Wallace sleeping and wake him up.] Scott: What are you doing here? I thought you were going dancing! Wallace: Oh... I'm... Still here? Ramona: You pre-drank too much and fell asleep before even going out!

    2007, “Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 4

    Synonyms: pregame, preload

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo drink cheaper take-away alcohol prior to drinking in more expensive bars and clubs.

Similar
pregamepreload
Also see
pregamepreload

Origin

From pre- + drink.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch indrinken
  • indrinkento drink cheaper alcohol prior to drinking in clubs and bars
German vortrinken, vorglühen
  • vortrinkento drink cheaper alcohol prior to drinking in clubs and bars
  • vorglühento drink cheaper alcohol prior to drinking in clubs and bars
Irish réamhól
  • réamhólto drink cheaper alcohol prior to drinking in clubs and bars
Cite this entry
APA

pre-drink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-drink

MLA

“pre-drink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-drink. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-drink,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-drink.

Source: pre-drink on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.