cocktail 
cock·tail (käk′tāl′)
noun
- ☆ any of various alcoholic drinks made of a distilled liquor mixed as with wine, fruit juice, or soda water and usually iced
- ☆ an appetizer served at the beginning of a meal, as fruit juice, tomato juice, diced fruits, or seafood with a sharp sauce
- Med. a liquid medication consisting of a mixture of various substances, often including a drug
Etymology: < ?
cock·tail (käk′tāl′)
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;
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.
- non-alcoholic: The non-alcoholic cocktails are available at more than 640 JD Wetherspoon branches countrywide.
- lethal: Things look bad for Julie when her worst enemy forces her to drink a potentially lethal cocktail.
- potent: Be warned G-Spot has some really potent cocktails if you dare.
- complimentary: About halfway through we were greeted by a waitress with complimentary cocktails.
- refreshing: Pick your own lemons and enjoy a cool refreshing cocktail on the upper terrace whilst watching the mountain red sunsets.
Modifies a noun
- shaker: The set of 6 miniature designs include a cocktail shaker, olives, jigger, etc all in a lustrous silver finish.
- waitress: An overall loser, his luck suddenly starts to turn when he falls in love with cocktail waitress Natalie ( Bello ).
- recipe: Why not feel In the Pink with our next new cocktail recipe?
- stick: Cocktail sticks are used a ' nails ' to fix parts together.
- lounge: A cozy cocktail lounge is the perfect venue for or a quiet drink.
- reception: Cocktail receptions two ship for the of europe seen the green.
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.
- prawn: The environment pays a terrible price for that prawn cocktail!
- pre-dinner: You might like to accompany the wine with a selection of delicious canapés or host a pre-dinner cocktail party.
- champagne: Jolly good champagne cocktails at £ 9 a hit.
- vodka: He enjoys reading, fishing, smoking his pipes and cigars, vodka cocktails and good food!
- sip: Top up the tan on deck and sip cocktails by the pool.
A cocktail is to a glass of wine as rape is to love.
When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour.
The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.
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