cocktail

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UK /ˈkɒk.teɪl/ US /ˈkɑk.teɪl/

noun 5verb 2adj 1

Collocations

(noun.) mixed alcoholic drink

ADJ

pre-dinner | champagne

VERB + COCKTAIL

mix | have, drink | sip

COCKTAIL + NOUN

bar, cabinet

circuit

She became a popular host after spending five years working the cocktail circuit in major cities.

(noun.) dish of small pieces of food

ADJ

prawn, seafood | fruit

(noun.) mixture of different things

ADJ

deadly, lethal

heady, powerful

The festival offered a powerful cocktail of live music, street food, and cultural performances.

PREP

~ of

The party featured a cocktail of music, dancing, and laughter that kept everyone entertained all night.

Definitions

noun

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

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

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

A mixture of other substances or things.

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

a cocktail of illegal drugs

A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.

A “cock-tail” is a horse not purely bred, but with only one-eighth or one-sixteenth impure blood in his veins

A mean, half-hearted fellow.

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.

A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

adj

Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

It looks very cocktail to be seen riding through the streets of London in a scarlet coat ;

The Prince had nothing particular about him but a monstrous smart whip with a gold stag for a handle, which was pronounced a very cocktail looking instrument by the Leicestershire farmers, with whom His Serene Highness is no favorite

verb

To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.

To treat (a person) to cocktails.

He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.

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Idioms & Phrases

prawn cocktail offensive

a strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance

atomic cocktail

A drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.

For most patients, the old-fashioned basal metabolism test is a mild form of torture . . . and four Navy researchers have come to the conclusion that in big medical centers with fa

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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

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Cock tail, then, is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, i

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It looks very cocktail to be seen riding through the streets of London in a scarlet coat ;

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She always goes about with a brace of loaded revolvers in her belt!! Very cocktail and no occasion for it

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cocktail is marked as dated, slang, obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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