ginger ale

noun

1. a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger extract.

ginger ale

noun

1. a sweetened effervescent nonalcoholic drink flavoured with ginger extract

Word History and Origins

Origin of ginger ale¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Me and my friends, during the summer, love “Foghorns”—a double gin and ginger ale in a water cup.

From The Daily Beast

There are usually a few articles taped to the wall beside me and empty cans of Blue Sky ginger ale (which I buy by the flat).

From The Daily Beast

She orders ginger ale and grenadine: a makeshift kiddie cocktail.

From The Daily Beast

The plump little barmaid had made him what she called, "A man's drink," while me she had served contemptuously with a ginger ale.

From Project Gutenberg

Ah, that's the talk; these are the words and sounds that make the blood in one's veins tingle like ginger ale.

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The others were drinking beer and ale, while Merriwell took nothing but ginger ale or bottled soda.

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Then Ralph climbed up on a stool and began eating his lunch and drinking ginger ale out of the glass bottle.

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They had the ginger ale, and Hall learned that this was the girl's first trip out of the United States.

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