# purple drank

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.

## Etymology
From purple + drank (“drink”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purple-drank