fruit punch
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1.8
- noun
- /fruːt pʌntʃ/
:
ponche de frutas
- I served fruit punch alongside snacks at the birthday celebration, and it was a hit.
- drinking fruit punch
It's a rum drink with fruit punch, beef specific.
- It's a rum drink with fruit punch, beef specific.
- Favorite flavor right now is strawberry banana fruit punch.
Examples
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She reached into the refrigerator for a pitcher of fruit punch.
Fiction book (1997) -
They got grape, orange, lemon-lime, fruit punch.
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Or we have a lovely fruit punch.
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I also wanted some of the fruit punch and cookies before I hit the road.
Fiction book (1997) -
Brooke, you want a fruit punch?
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My brother spilled fruit punch on the couch.
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And this one is fruit punch and that's a much lighter kind of corally pink.
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A beverage of some sort (apple juice, fruit punch, chocolate milk, or water) was provided by the student's mother at home and packed with the student's lunch, as usual.
Academic text (1997) -
At the party, everyone enjoyed a refreshing cup of fruit punch made with tropical juices.
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She prepared a delicious fruit punch for the gathering, mixing pineapple and orange juices.
Synonyms
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3.9
A cold mixed drink with fruit juice often served from a bowl
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1.5
A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar
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1.3
A sweet drink without alcohol that tastes like fruit, often for children or parties
An alcoholic drink made with fruit juices and often served cold
A sweet cold drink made from fruit juice
A cold drink made by crushing fruit and often sweetened
How Alcoholic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a punch (mixed beverage) made from fruit, so a learner who knows 'fruit' and 'punch' will readily infer a sweet mixed-fruit drink. This noun+noun compounding follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and the contextual collocation with 'fruit' strongly biases the 'beverage' sense of 'punch', making the expression transparent for B1 learners.
Etymology
Fruit punch may come from an old drink called punch that traders brought from India. The word punch may come from a word meaning 'five' because the drink often mixed five things, so fruit punch means a sweet mix of fruit juices often served at parties.