energy drink

noun

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

energy drink

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of energy drink¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Fortune

It is unclear exactly how the Taliban feel about the energy-drink boom.

From The Daily Beast

Elsewhere, in Kabul, large billboards of Black Toro, a German energy drink, more explicitly define the target audience.

From The Daily Beast

Carabao, which costs about half as much—and tastes far sweeter—is the energy drink of choice for the average Afghan.

From The Daily Beast

But the energy drink provided the winner of the show with a brand new Toyota Corolla worth roughly $20,000.

From The Daily Beast

Still other studies draw the line from caffeinated-energy-drink consumption to an increased risk of seizure and stroke.

From The Daily Beast