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COCKTAIL
cocktail
(noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
cocktail
(noun) a short mixed drink
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cocktail (plural cocktails)
A mixed alcoholic beverage.
Synonyms: mixed drink, ckt (abbreviation)
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 coward.
A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
Adjective
cocktail (comparative more cocktail, superlative most cocktail)
(obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
Verb
cocktail (third-person singular simple present cocktails, present participle cocktailing, simple past and past participle cocktailed)
(transitive) To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
(transitive) To treat (a person) to cocktails.
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"tail`, n.
1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]
2. (Stock Breeding)
Definition: A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin.
3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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