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quencher

quencher

1 3.4
A drink that stops your thirst
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɛnʧər/
translation icon : bebida refrescante
  • At the picnic, we provided various thirst quenchers like iced tea and fruit juice.
  • a thirst quencher
  • a good thirst quencher

Examples

  • Ray had used lake water to mix up a batch of Scola, a carbonated electrolyte, the best thirst quencher available.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The first answer I plunked down was LIMEADE instead of the correct ICED TEA for summer quencher.

    Blog text (24)
  • I brought you a little thirst quencher, Mag.

  • You wouldn't have a thirst quencher handy, would you?

  • Now the mango pineapple quencher get quenched.

  • Now the mango pineapple quencher get quenched.

  • Among Haya, banana beer traditionally serves as a thirst-quencher and as food to be consumed socially.

    Academic text (1990)
  • IT IS COMBINAISON THAT MAKES A REAL THIRST QUENCHER.

  • After a long hike, nothing beats a cold drink as a thirst quencher.

  • During the summer, lemonade is my favorite thirst quencher on hot days.

Synonyms

thirst-buster
vsquencher
  • Informal
4.0

A cold drink that quickly makes you feel refreshed

is a broader substance that relieves thirst in any situation not only after exertion

How Refreshing

quencher
1 3.4
cooler
  • Archaic
9 4.4
drink
1.0
refreshment
53 1.8

Surface Forms

quencher singular
quenchers plural

Morphology

quencher = quench (transparent) = quench + er

Agent/instrument noun from the verb 'quench' meaning 'to satisfy (thirst)', so 'quencher' as a drink is directly derived.

Etymology

Quencher comes from the verb quench, which means 'to put out' or 'satisfy'. A quencher as a drink is something that 'puts out' your thirst, so the word reminds you it cools and refreshes you.