cocktail
IPA: kˈɑkteɪɫ
noun
- A mixed alcoholic beverage.
- (by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.
- A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
- (UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.
- A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
verb
- (transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
- (transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.
adjective
- (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
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Examples of "cocktail" in Sentences
- They were drinking cocktail.
- Certainly cocktails are the order of the day.
- It is the main ingredient in the Moscow Mule cocktail.
- Does anyone know the origin of the name of this cocktail
- Did the short stories have to fit on the cocktail napkins
- He was also the inventor of the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail.
- He is credited with the invention of the Hurricane cocktail.
- Despite the name, the soft drink Vimto is not part of the cocktail.
- The cocktails help illustrate the popularity and notability of the liqueur.
- He manages to get over the bar and Shaun uses the cocktail to ignite the bar.
- This cocktail is my idea of a tasty retro drink, salty and spicy, just the way I like it.
- The first definition of the term cocktail appeared in a New York newspaper in the late 1800's.
- The word cocktail has spawned more mixological inventiveness than any other Global English term.
- Start at what I call the cocktail and hors d'oeuvres section, which is right past the cash registers.
- Maybe then what we refer to as cocktail party banter, what we see as obvious and unchangable, would be more widely understood and appreciated.
- To Jerry Shapiro, executive director, "Life and Style Weekly", you are reporting that Michael Jackson was taking what you call a cocktail of drugs.
- The oldest definition that anyone has found for the term "cocktail" describes a drink with exactly four ingredients: A spirit of course, water, bitters and sugar.
- For instance, we were in one of the maximum-security blocks here, where they explained that some of the prisoners throw what they call cocktail number fours on some of the guards, which contains urine, fecal matter, semen and spit.
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