pre-drink

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ drink.

Verb

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

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

   Synonyms: pregame, preload

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

     [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!

Translations

to drink cheaper alcohol prior to drinking in clubs and bars

• Dutch: indrinken (nl)
• German: vorglühen (de)
• Irish: réamhól