Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to drinkle
Participle: drinkled
Gerund: drinkling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | drinkle |
| you | drinkle |
| he;she;it | drinkles |
| we | drinkle |
| you | drinkle |
| they | drinkle |
Perfect
| I | have drinkled |
| you | have drinkled |
| he;she;it | has drinkled |
| we | have drinkled |
| you | have drinkled |
| they | have drinkled |
Past
| I | drinkled |
| you | drinkled |
| he;she;it | drinkled |
| we | drinkled |
| you | drinkled |
| they | drinkled |
Pluperfect
| I | had drinkled |
| you | had drinkled |
| he;she;it | had drinkled |
| we | had drinkled |
| you | had drinkled |
| they | had drinkled |
Future
| I | will drinkle |
| you | will drinkle |
| he;she;it | will drinkle |
| we | will drinkle |
| you | will drinkle |
| they | will drinkle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have drinkled |
| you | will have drinkled |
| he;she;it | will have drinkled |
| we | will have drinkled |
| you | will have drinkled |
| they | will have drinkled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | drinkle |
| you | drinkle |
| he;she;it | drinkle |
| we | drinkle |
| you | drinkle |
| they | drinkle |
Perfect
| I | have drinkled |
| you | have drinkled |
| he;she;it | have drinkled |
| we | have drinkled |
| you | have drinkled |
| they | have drinkled |
Imperfect
| I | drinkled |
| you | drinkled |
| he;she;it | drinkled |
| we | drinkled |
| you | drinkled |
| they | drinkled |
Pluperfect
| I | had drinkled |
| you | had drinkled |
| he;she;it | had drinkled |
| we | had drinkled |
| you | had drinkled |
| they | had drinkled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would drinkle |
| you | would drinkle |
| he;she;it | would drinkle |
| we | would drinkle |
| you | would drinkle |
| they | would drinkle |
Perfect
| I | would have drinkled |
| you | would have drinkled |
| he;she;it | would have drinkled |
| we | would have drinkled |
| you | would have drinkled |
| they | would have drinkled |
Imperative
| you | drinkle |
| we | Let's drinkle |
| you | drinkle |
Verbs conjugated like 'drinkle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'drinkle'
crinkle,
trinkle,
wrinkle,
blinkle,
brickle,
chinkle,
crankle,
cringle,
crunkle,
dindle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.
Sample Sentences
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We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete. [1965, John Treadwell Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo:]
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'Get this one into bed and it's a royal flush!' His face twinkled, his gums sparkled, his eyes kindled, his brow darkened. I bridled and bristled, nettled and rankled, then drinkled and drankled some more. [2009, Claire Kilroy, All Names Have Been Changed:]
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And the Mercury states that "the heavy rain drenched the field, and most betook themselves to a retreat, but the rats were all drinkled". [1900, George Borrow, “Notes to Lavengro, with Corrections, Identifications and Translations”, in Lavengro […], new edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 562:]