COCKTAIL

cocktail

(noun) an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

cocktail

(noun) a short mixed drink

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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