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cocktail

Listen/ˈkɒkteɪl/

noun

A mixed alcoholic beverage.
  • ckt
  • mixed drink
A mixture of other substances or things.
Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.
    A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
      A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
        A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

          A mixed alcoholic beverage.

          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.

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

              adjective

              Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

                Ostentatiously lacking in manners.