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noun

a drink intended to boost mental energy, typically containing sugar and caffeine or other stimulants.

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Origin of energy drink

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby energy drink

energy band, energy bar, energy conversion, energy crop, energy density, energy drink, energy efficiency ratio, energy gap, energy level, energy obesity, energy-smart

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How to use energy drink in a sentence

The FDA has a long history of regulating synthetic drugs — for example, the majority of caffeine found in energy drinks and sodas is produced synthetically.
How Mitch McConnell Accidentally Created An Unregulated THC Market|Lester Black|October 18, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
I proceeded to chug a concentrated energy drink cocktail of Bawls, Red Bull, and lukewarm coffee grounds while taping my eyelids open so I could bring you a full review of all three touched-up Mass Effect games.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Tests, thoughts, three hours of gameplay [Updated]|Sam Machkovech|May 13, 2021|Ars Technica
Is it because I had cleaned my diet out so much of anything artificial that some of these energy drinks and certain things that are for hydration have a lot of fake sugars and other sort of ingredients.
Danica Patrick on Why She Never Loved Racing and Her Post-Track Career|Joshua Eferighe|January 30, 2021|Ozy
Zhong added other products, like energy drinks and vitamin waters, to the company’s portfolio, and in September 2020 brought the bottled water behemoth to the public market.
An entrepreneur’s bottled water empire has made him richer than Warren Buffett|Grady McGregor|January 6, 2021|Fortune

It is unclear exactly how the Taliban feel about the energy-drink boom.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Elsewhere, in Kabul, large billboards of Black Toro, a German energy drink, more explicitly define the target audience.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Carabao, which costs about half as much—and tastes far sweeter—is the energy drink of choice for the average Afghan.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But the energy drink provided the winner of the show with a brand new Toyota Corolla worth roughly $20,000.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Still other studies draw the line from caffeinated-energy-drink consumption to an increased risk of seizure and stroke.
Was Demi Moore Really Addicted to Red Bull?|Anneli Rufus|February 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for energy drink

energy drink

noun

a soft drink containing ingredients designed to boost the drinker's energy, esp after exercise

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