C16: of uncertain origin; compare Old Norse drukna to be drowned
drouk in American English
(druːk)
transitive verb
Scot
to wet thoroughly; drench
Word origin
[1505–15; ‹ ON drukna to be drowned; c. OE druncnian to drown]This word is first recorded in the period 1505–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alternate, blackjack, dome, grade, runaway