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refresher

1 2.3

A cold drink that makes you feel better when you are tired or hot

noun
/rɪˈfrɛʃər/

: refresco

On hot summer days, she always keeps a flavored refresher in the fridge to help her cool down.
a great refresher

This is the Strawberry Acai Reefer Refresher.

Examples

Can I get you another refresher?

When We First Met (2018)
Can I get anyone a refresher?

Adventureland (2009)
Hey, let me get you guys a couple of refreshers.

Safe Men (1998)
In 2012, Starbucks began selling a line of iced refresher beverages in its stores that contain an extract from green Arabica coffee beans.

Blog text (20)
After a long hike, I enjoyed a cool refresher made with fresh fruit and sparkling water.
He ordered a citrus refresher to quench his thirst during the outdoor event.

Synonyms

pick-me-up

vsrefresher

26 4.2

A drink or small activity that makes you feel more energetic when tired

is limited to a simple nonalcoholic drink for refreshing oneself

pickup

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Informal

4 4.2

Something that gives you a short burst of energy

is specifically a nonalcoholic drink to refresh rather than any temporary boost

liquid refreshment

vsrefresher

Informal

1 3.5

A cool drink to make you feel better, often alcoholic

is a nonalcoholic drink meant simply to refresh oneself

refection

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Archaic

9.9

A light meal or snack you eat between main meals

is a single nonalcoholic drink for quick refreshment not a meal

Compounds

refresher course

9 3.6

A short course that reviews and updates what people already know

How Refreshing

quencher

1 3.4

refresher

1 2.3

beverage

166 1.7

Surface Forms

refresher singular

refreshers plural

Morphology

refresher = refresh (semi-transparent) = re + fresh + er

The noun transparently means 'something that refreshes', but the specific conventional reading 'a drink' is not fully predictable from the suffix alone.

Etymology

Refresher comes from re- 'again' and fresh 'new' or 'cool', so it means 'make fresh again'. A refresher as a drink is something that makes you feel fresh or cool again, which is why people call a cooling drink a 'refresher'.