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milk

Definition

  • noun: a white liquid produced by a woman to feed her baby or by female animals to feed their young
  • noun: a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment of their young
  • verb: to get milk from (an animal)
  • verb: to draw milk from the breasts or udder of
  • used of domestic animals

Examples

  • He was filled with 'the milk of human kindness'. [=he was filled with kindness; he was very kind]

  • They 'milked' [='exploited'] their advantage for all it was worth.

  • greedy landlords 'milking' their tenants of all their money

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I don't have cooties. - Yeah, but maybe I do. - Cooties, I can handle. All right. Goddamn, that's a pretty fuckin' good milk shake. Told you. I don't know if it was worth $.... but it was pretty fucking good. Don't you hate that? (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) Martin and Lewis. Did you just order a $. shake? Mm-hmm. That's a shake. That's milk and ice cream. - MIA: Last I heard. - That's $.? You don't put bourbon in it or nothin'? - No. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction