different between boba vs milkshake

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ?? (b?bà), from Cantonese ?? (bo1 baa3, “breast[s], tapioca pearl[s]”), from ? (bo1) transcribing English ball and ? (baa3, “chief, top”).

Noun

boba (countable and uncountable, plural bobas)

1. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
2. Short for boba tea.

References

• “boba, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018

Anagrams

• abob, boab

Gagauz

Noun

boba

1. father

Indonesian

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese ?? (b?bà), from Cantonese ?? (bo1 baa3, “breast[s], tapioca pearl[s]”), from ? (bo1) transcribing English ball and ? (baa3, “chief, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?boba]
• Hyphenation: bo?ba

Noun

boba (plural boba-boba, first-person possessive bobaku, second-person possessive bobamu, third-person possessive bobanya)

1. (cooking) boba
   1. tapioca pearl.
   2. boba tea.

Further reading

• “boba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *b???b??. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).

Noun

bóba f stress pattern 1

1. old woman
2. woman
3. wife

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 32
• “boba” in Lietuvi? kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomen? baz?

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?ba]

Noun

boba

1. genitive singular of bob
2. nominative dual of bob
3. accusative dual of bob

Portuguese

Adjective

boba

1. feminine singular of bobo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

boba (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive singular of bob

Spanish

Adjective

boba

1. feminine singular of bobo

English

Etymology

milk +? shake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??k.?e?k]

Noun

milkshake (plural milkshakes)

1. A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
2. (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.
3. A beverage consisting of fruit juice, water, and some milk, as served in Southeast Asia.
4. (mechanics, informal) Accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine.

   This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.

5. (slang, horse racing) An alkaline supplement administered to a horse to improve its racing performance.

Synonyms

• (thick beverage): frappe (New England), cabinet (Rhode Island), thickshake (Australia, New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

milkshake (third-person singular simple present milkshakes, present participle milkshaking, simple past and past participle milkshaked)

1. (transitive, slang, horse racing) To administer an alkaline supplement to (a horse) to improve its racing performance.
2. (transitive, informal, neologism) To throw a milkshake at (a person).

See also

• frappe
• coffee cabinet
• malt
• malted milk
• milkshake duck

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lk.?e?k/
• Hyphenation: milk?shake

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes, diminutive milkshakeje n)

1. milkshake

French

Alternative forms

• milk-shake

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milk.??k/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

1. milkshake

Synonyms

• lait frappé (Quebec)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshaker, definite plural milkshakene)

1. a milkshake

References

• “milkshake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English milkshake

Noun

milkshake m (definite singular milkshaken, indefinite plural milkshakar, definite plural milkshakane)

1. a milkshake

References

• “milkshake” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English milkshake.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?miwk.??ejk/, /?miw.ki.??ej.ki/

Noun

milkshake m (plural milkshakes)

1. milkshake (milk and ice cream beverage)