egg nog
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɛɡ nɔɡ/
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ponche de huevo
- During the holiday party, everyone enjoyed a cup of egg nog while sharing stories.
- drink egg nog
Examples
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Everything tasted great, especially the stuff in the pitcher, sort of like egg nog.
Fiction book (1991) -
But first... we have to have a little egg nog.
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I need some egg nog...
Fiction book (2000) -
Jack takes a sip of the egg nog.
Fiction book (2000) -
You guys don't have any egg nog.
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Some guys just can't hold their egg nog.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hector and his wife are sitting on cheap furniture with cups of egg nog.
Fiction book (1990) -
You'll have your bird seeds, I'll have some egg nog, and... we'll watch It's A Wonderful Life for the 100th time.
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That's egg nog, man.
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I always look forward to sipping on egg nog by the fire during Christmas.
Synonyms
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3.9
A rich sweet drink made with milk, mixed eggs, sugar, and often alcohol, served at holiday parties
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7.2
A sweet creamy drink made with eggs and milk for holidays
A sweet holiday drink made at home from milk and eggs
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'egg' + 'nog' describes a creamy, seasonal drink containing eggs (and often milk/spirits). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, and similar compound names for egg-based drinks occur cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name egg nog may come from the old word nog, which meant a small wooden cup or a strong drink. One popular story says people served a creamy mix of egg and milk in a small cup called a nog, so the name came to mean 'a creamy holiday drink'.