dram

Meaning

Noun

1. (alt-of, alternative) A small unit of weight, variously:
2. (alt-of, alternative) A small unit of weight, variously:
3. (uncommon) A small unit of weight, variously:
4. (obsolete) A small unit of weight, variously:
5. (broadly) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
6. (historical) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
7. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.

Verb

1. (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
2. (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.

Synonyms

drachm

snifter

drachma

snorter

nip

peg

money

💸

sneezer

stooge

swallow

tipple

whet

carat

a small amount

draft

dummy

grain

gulp

hooker

Translations

dram

δράμι

drachme

dram

dram

borrel

apéro

apéritif

dramma

درام

aperitief

dedo

goutte

💧

Dram

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹæm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dragme

In summary

From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.