soft drink

noun

1. a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.

soft drink

noun

1. a nonalcoholic drink, usually cold

Word History and Origins

Origin of soft drink¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

There are two vending machines with candy and soft drinks, which the visitor can buy for the person who they come to see, in one corner.

From Washington Blade

Branson — a generalist entrepreneur who had made his name selling records, airlines, hotels, wedding dresses, soft drinks and, now, spaceships — was less interested in replacing NASA than in extending his hospitality empire to suborbital space.

From Washington Post

Typically, the soft drink company’s approach to the Super Bowl includes a business-to-business element but it is usually limited to in-person events and hosting guests at the Super Bowl, said Justin Toman, head of sports marketing at Pepsi.

From Digiday

We still see some outages now in the things that are packaged in aluminum cans because there’s a shortage there—some beers and soft drinks and some challenges there.

From Time

In carbonated soft drinks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have long shared almost three-quarters of the market, while Starbucks has reigned as the place to go for coffee.

From Fortune

No matter what the soft drink commercials and headphone companies say, football is not about the star players.

From The Daily Beast

Take your average lunch:  turkey sandwich (white bread, lettuce, mayo, cheese), soft drink, and potato chips.

From The Daily Beast

The soft drink had 28 percent more caffeine than regular Pepsi but 77 percent less than coffee.

From The Daily Beast

Think fast: Is it the buzz of the bubble in the soft drink that turns you on?

From The Daily Beast

The company diversified into soft drink and juice production in the late 1960s.

From The Daily Beast

Jim smiled reminiscently and then said, "I'm going to start an ice cream and soft drink joint next to the moving picture show."

From Project Gutenberg

From the depths of his bag he found a bottle and poured a half-tumbler for me; it went down like a whiskey-flavored soft drink.

From Project Gutenberg

Don't eat anything or patronize the soft drink stand during a march.

From Project Gutenberg

Grimm walked unassisted to the rear of a nearby soft drink place from whence he was taken to a hospital.

From Project Gutenberg

And I don't even remember whether we had a drink, a soft drink, or not.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cola
• soda
• soda pop