Ready-to-drink

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ready-to-drink beverage. informal

    "Of course, ready-to-drinks have their place — and yes, they’re convenient — but pre-batching a cocktail using fresh ingredients and sharing it with friends in the garden or at a picnic in the park is a proper flex that will never go unappreciated."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing a packaged beverage sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption, such as ice tea or alcopops. not-comparable

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"High school student Vivian Chau, like most Asian-American youngsters, loves a drink called boba, a sweet milk tea with jellied tapioca balls. Boba can be found in cafes around San Francisco, but Vivian says it is not sold in supermarkets. So she came up with the idea of a company called Jelly It! to make a ready-to-drink bottled tea mixed with jelly. She admits the idea is a gamble."

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