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cocktail1 definition

cock·tail (käk′tāl′)

noun

  1. ☆ any of various alcoholic drinks made of a distilled liquor mixed as with wine, fruit juice, or soda water and usually iced
  2. ☆ an appetizer served at the beginning of a meal, as fruit juice, tomato juice, diced fruits, or seafood with a sharp sauce
  3. Med. a liquid medication consisting of a mixture of various substances, often including a drug

Etymology: < ?

cocktail2 definition

cock·tail (käk′tāl′)

noun

  1. a horse with a docked tail
  2. a horse of impure breed

Etymology: < cock + tail

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cocktail Synonyms

cocktail

n.

Types of cocktails include: Manhattan, martini, Gibson, gimlet, old-fashioned, champagne, sidecar, horse's neck, Margarita, Bronx, pink lady, whisky sour, black Russian, white Russian, orange blossom, piña colada, mai tai, mimosa, Rob Roy, Sazerac, blue blazer, old Hickory, Vieux Carré, green opal, jitters, Daiquiri, Bloody Mary, screwdriver, Tom Collins, mint julep, orange blossom, Roffignac, Alexander, wassail, toddy, syllabub;


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cocktail Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sip: Days & Nights Whether you want to party the night away or sip a cocktail at sunset, Cyprus caters for all tastes.

Preposition: at

  • sunset: Days & Nights Whether you want to party the night away or sip a cocktail at sunset, Cyprus caters for all tastes.

Adjective modifier

  • heady: They take disco, dub, funk and jazz - and fuse the lot into a heady cocktail of nightclub magic.

Modifies a noun

  • shaker: The set of 6 miniature designs include a cocktail shaker, olives, jigger, etc all in a lustrous silver finish.

Noun used with modifier

  • molotov: This made me realize for the first time what a threat to the climate is this thing called a molotov cocktail.
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cocktail quotes

A cocktail is to a glass of wine as rape is to love.

-Claudel, Paul

When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour.

-DeVoto, Bernard

The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.

-Pinter, Harold

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