A jumbled mixture of liquors, e.g. of milk and beer, beer and wine, brandy and mineral waters. Obsolete.

A beverage consisting of a mixture of two liquors or ingredients, as tea and coffee, gin and brandy, etc.: see quots. slang.

Cant name of a mixed drink.

U.S. A mixture of brandy, whisky, or other spirit, with sugar and ice and some flavouring, usually mint.

A drink made of molasses and water, sometimes with vinegar, ginger, or rum added; also applied to various strong drinks sweetened and flavoured.

An American drink composed of brandy, rum, or other spirit, and water, sweetened and flavoured. Cf. gin sling, n.

an alcoholic drink flavoured with mint.

A long drink consisting of bourbon, crushed ice, sugar, and fresh mint mixed together, chiefly associated with the southern United States. Also allus…

A name for various compounded intoxicating drinks; sometimes vaguely used for intoxicating drink in general.

An American beverage made of spirit, ice, water, sugar, and flavoured with mint.

Originally and chiefly U.S. A strong cocktail, esp. (in later use) one containing whiskey mixed with aniseed liqueur, lemon juice, egg white, and…

U.S. An acid drink, usually whisky or other spirit with lemon added.

Preceded by a personal first name: any of various cocktails made with a base of gin, whisky, or another spirit, mixed with lemon or lime juice…

a cocktail typically made of gin, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and soda water; a similar cocktail made with a base of whisky in place of gin (cf. C…

colloquial. A drink composed of two liquors.

A cocktail typically consisting of whisky or gin, lime juice, carbonated water, and ice. Also: a non-alcoholic drink made with lime juice and…

a cocktail consisting of Amer Picon, grenadine, soda water, and (sometimes) brandy.

= stengah, n. Also: used as the name of various other mixed drinks or cocktails (see quots. 1973 1976).

Used attributively or absol. of a kind of cocktail.

A cocktail made with applejack, grenadine, and lemon or lime juice.

Any of several varieties of spirit-based drink, usually mixed with lemonade, soda water, or ginger ale, and served with ice, fruit, and fresh mint as…

A type of cocktail, usually made with gin and orange juice.

A cocktail typically consisting of sweet vermouth, bitters (usually Campari), and soda water, garnished with a lemon or orange peel.

Any of various cocktails, usually based on gin, vermouth, or both. Cf. merry, adj. 4c.

One of various cocktails (see quots.).

(a) an oral dose of a liquid containing a radioactive substance, used in medical treatment and diagnosis, esp. of diseases of the thyroid gland…

A cocktail consisting of whisky, pernod or absinthe, bitters, and syrup, served usually with a slice of lemon. Also attributive, as Sazarac cocktail.

A cocktail of a green colour (the colour of certain species of grasshopper), made with crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and cream. Also more fully gra…

A cocktail consisting of peach juice mixed with Prosecco or champagne.

A cocktail resembling a martini but in which saké is substituted for vermouth, or (occasionally) for the spirit.

In full Harvey Wallbanger. A cocktail made from vodka or gin and orange juice.

A cocktail originating in Brazil, typically consisting of cachaça, lime or lemon juice, sugar, and crushed ice.

= Long Island iced tea, n.

Any of various alcoholic drinks that are consumed rapidly, often in one go (cf. slam, v.1 additions). Also: an alcoholic drink, typically…

A cocktail typically made with vodka, rum, gin, tequila, and orange liqueur, mixed with cola and lemon or lime juice, and served as a long drink…