schnapps
pronunciation
How to pronounce schnapps in British English:
UK [ʃnæps]
How to pronounce schnapps in American English:
US [ʃnɑps, ʃnæps]
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- Noun:
- any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
Word Origin
- schnapps (n.)
- 1818, kind of Holland gin, from German Schnaps, literally "a mouthful, gulp," from Low German snaps, from snappen "to snap" (see snap (v.)). For sense, compare nip for "alcoholic drink quickly taken."
Example
- 1. After chugging schnapps , the rate also dropped immediately .
- 2. Give me a schnapps , zena.back so soon ?
- 3. You get a whiff of him ? Like schnapps .
- 4. Why would you buy peppermint schnapps ?
- 5. By comparison , the process of gastric emptying would take nine hours in those who drank both wine and schnapps .