eggnog
A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmegA beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.
Eierkognak, Eierpunsch
го́голь-мо́гольgógolʹ-mógolʹ
a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
Examples
7 sentencesHave some eggnog.
Візьми трохи гоголю-моголю. — deniko
We sat in front of the fireplace, drinking eggnog and listening to Christmas music.
Have you ever had eggnog?
Did you get some eggnog?
She brought him a slice of cake and a glass of eggnog.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
American English c. 1775 (although drinks like it are attested far earlier, e.g. posset, oAmerican English c. 1775 (although drinks like it are attested far earlier, e.g. posset, of which a monastic Christmas recipe used eggs), from egg + nog.
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Forms
plural: eggnogsSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable