Cocktail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various mixed alcoholic drinks consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.
  • n. Medicine A mixture of drugs, usually in solution, for the diagnosis or treatment of a condition.
  • n. Medicine A treatment regimen that includes a combination of several drugs, so that their combined effect is more potent than that of any of the drugs used individually.
  • n. An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood: fruit cocktail; shrimp cocktail.
  • adj. Of or relating to cocktails: a cocktail glass; a cocktail party.
  • adj. Suitable for wear on semiformal occasions: a cocktail dress.
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  • n. A mixed alcoholic beverage.
  • n. A mixture of other substances.
  • n. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
  • n. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
  • n. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
  • adj. festive, lively
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
  • n. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.
  • n. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
  • n. A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bird of the genus Alectrurus.
  • n. A name of a European insect, Ocypus or Goërius olens, one of the rove-beetles or Staphylinidæ. Also called devil's coach-horse (which see, under devil).
  • n. A horse which is not thoroughbred, but has some impure blood, generally one fourth or less, but sometimes one half; hence, an underbred person.
  • n. An American drink, strong, stimulating, and cold, made of spirits, bitters, and a little sugar, with various aromatic and stimulating additions.
  • n. Cocktail beer.
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  • n. a short mixed drink
  • n. an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
    • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coward    mixed drink   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    champagne    dessert    lemonade    snack    whiskey   
     
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