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frapp

frapp

6 9.9
A cold blended coffee drink often sweetened and topped with whipped cream
  • noun
  • /fræp/
  • Slang
translation icon : frappé
  • On hot summer afternoons, nothing beats a refreshing frapp from the café.
  • Frapp Friday
  • get frapps

Examples

  • No frapping drink, no frapp drink, no frapp drink.

  • This was the shade Dolce de Leche and this one is green tea Frapp cute names.

  • If you figure how many frapps they get out of a box of soy at $0.60 a pop, it's highway robbery.

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  • After a long day in the sun, I enjoyed a frapp topped with whipped cream.

  • She ordered a chocolate frapp and sat outside to enjoy the weather.

Synonyms

shake
vsfrapp
  • US
94 1.2

A sweet cold drink made from milk and fruit or ice cream

is coffee-based and blended not a general milkshake drink
iced coffee
vsfrapp
7 1.0

Cold coffee served with ice, often with milk or syrup

is made blended and sweet not just chilled over ice
Frappuccino
vsfrapp
6 4.3

A cold sweet coffee drink blended with ice and often topped with whipped cream

is the nonbrand slang term for the same sweet blended iced drink
frappe
vsfrapp
  • US
2 6.1

A thick cold drink made with milk and ice, often with ice cream

is a coffee-specific blended iced drink rather than a general milkshake
fraps
vsfrapp
  • Slang
9.1

A cold blended coffee drink made with ice and milk

is the informal name for the same sweet blended iced coffee
ice coffee
vsfrapp
1.0

Coffee that is served cold with ice, often with milk or cream

is blended and creamy rather than served cold over ice

Surface Forms

frapp singular
frapps plural

Etymology

Frapp comes from the French frappé, which means 'hit' or 'beaten' and was used for drinks that are shaken or crushed with ice. So a frapp is a cold, blended coffee — imagine the drink being 'hit' into frosty pieces, like the popular Frappuccino.