Cocktail

Quick meaning: Cocktail is a noun meaning A mixed alcoholic beverage.

Meaning

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A mixture of other substances or things.
2. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
3. (UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow.
4. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
5. (transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
6. (transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.
7. (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

Example Sentences

a cocktail of illegal drugs

They visited a bar noted for its wide range of cocktails.

Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.

[...] a certain candidate has placed in his account of Loss and Gain, the following items:-- LOSS [...] 411 glasses bitters[,] 25 do. cock-tail

Word Forms

• cocktails
• cocktailing
• cocktailed

Synonyms for cocktail

Depending on context, synonyms include ckt, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, rummage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include appetizer, drink, glass, shrimp, bug, starter.

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