Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milk shake. See Regional Note at milk shake.
Wiktionary
- n. Liqueur poured over shaved ice.
- n. Iced, sweetened, beaten coffee drink
- n. New England Thick milkshake containing ice cream.
WordNet 3.0
- n. liqueur poured over shaved ice
- n. thick milkshake containing ice cream
- n. a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
Etymologies
- Alteration of frappé. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But they're from in/near Boston, where they use the term frappe (rhymes with cap) for proper (ice-creamful) milk shakes.”
“I appear to have missed the "frappe" setting, and for this, I am truly glad.”
“I could also tell you the tale of the "frappe," but I'm afraid I'm skating too close to the ban on dialect jokes.”
“The same thing happened with Starbucks: They came out with 'Frappuccino,' and competitors clamored to use the same portmanteau of 'frappe' and”
“Best Cappucino on the planet and best cold coffee/choclate frappe for the afternoon lag, great fresh fruit for breakfast ......”
“I tend to go with some form of iced coffee blended drink - frappe/frappacino/whatever along with a decent bit of scrambled egg, bacon and toast.”
“Or you can order from the regular menu: hot baguettes, jacket potatoes, iced coffees regular caramel frappe, £1.80 and fresh fruit smoothies.”
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“Depuis l'intervention américaine en Irak, la politique de frappe préventive est très discutée.”
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“I'm a 65+ woman from L.A. who goes to Paris twice a year ... and the first night I go to Chez McDonald's for a Big Mac and a vanilla frappe -- I can't face the French waiter with jet lag.”
“Cheryl Noland, a bank teller liaison, wore a sun hat while waiting for the bus to work and ambled in the shade of Lafayette Square after downing a chilled frappe.”
The Washington Post: Record heat scorches tourists and may be responsible for cyclist's death
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘frappe’.
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Of Imitative Origin
Words formed in imitation of the sound of the things they signify.
bawl, biff, blizzard, blob, blooper, bob, boff, bomb, bonkers, boo, borborygmus, brouhaha and 148 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Massholese
"Everybody says words different,' said Ivy. 'Arkansas folks says 'em different, and Oklahomy folks says 'em different. And we seen a lady from Massachusetts, an' she said 'em different of all. Coul...
pissah, evacuation day, wicked, wicked, carriage, bubbler, patriot's day, frappe, packie, jimmies, so don't i, southie and 18 more...
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pagecrusher's Words
fugu, ilk, rigamarole, superfluous, dearth, sacrosanct, moniker, bifurcate, villainous, onus, brazen, odin and 268 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (F)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
faery, fairy cross, fairy ring, falcon, fare-thee-well, farewell-summer, farthing, faun, fawn, felicitous, felicity, fencing and 109 more...
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Hiroe's Words
facetious, bardic, twatwaffle, cattywampus, splendiferous, zomg, merf, fwaa, fnord, tortify, schwiz, blort and 225 more...
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All Those Jazz Words
Words coined or popularized during the Roaring '20s.
bob, fuzz, back-seat driver, jalopy, step on it, cop a plea, gimmick, hijack, speakeasy, to take (someone)..., cockeyed, scofflaw and 74 more...
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hober's Words
anglosphere, wiki, slither, cylon, satchel, faustian, ragamuffin, frak, salient, fervid, tartan, snowclone and 299 more...
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How Do You Take Your Coffee?
The things that can be done to a cuppa joe.
Kahlúa, Irish coffee, syrup shot, vanilla, hazelnut, Sanka, harmless, decaf, half-caf, quad, triple, double and 97 more...
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MsHalston's Words
theoretically, insufferable, apolitico, milquetoast, egregious, aplomb, elan, fraught, flummox, befrocked, moll, molten and 605 more...
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braintrain's Words
gustatory, repulsive, delightful, exploratory, muse, velvet, rapier, touche, seemingly, intertwined, pliable, resilient and 32 more...
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Restaurants, Menus and Cookbooks
aperitif, kumquat, aspic, digestif, ceviche, beignet, fritter, zabaglione, spumoni, gyro, pistou, brioche and 15 more...
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foodie list - drink me
absinthe, beer, carafe, claret, coffee, cream, wine, sherry, sarsaparilla, rum, decant, java and 20 more...
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Food Words I Like
endive, chipotle, apricot, gourmand, buongustaio, frappe, frittata, cilantro, cardamom, empanada, hominy, compote and 37 more...
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New Englander
Words and phrases said to be exclusive to N.E.
butt, clicker, drug store, elastic, fluff-a-nutter, frappe, grinder, hamburg, ice cream soda, jimmies, johnnie, leaf peepers and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for frappe.
john No idea what Weirdnet is going on about, but in New England a frappe is what we call an ice cream milkshake. A fine example can be had at the Fat Boy Drive-In, on Bath Road between Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Dec 30, 2007