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WHISKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquor made from fermented mash of grain
Synonyms:
whiskey; whisky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("whiskey" is a kind of...):
booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiskey"):
blended whiskey; blended whisky (mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits)
bourbon (whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels)
corn; corn whiskey; corn whisky (whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn)
Irish; Irish whiskey; Irish whisky (whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley)
rye; rye whiskey; rye whisky (whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt)
malt whiskey; malt whisky; Scotch; Scotch malt whiskey; Scotch malt whisky; Scotch whiskey; Scotch whisky (whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still)
sour mash; sour mash whiskey (any whiskey distilled from sour mash)
Holonyms ("whiskey" is a substance of...):
manhattan (a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters)
old fashioned (a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices)
whiskey sour; whisky sour (a sour made with whiskey)
Context examples:
The perennial whiskey glass was in his hands, and he drained it with shaking fingers.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
All his books, and his grand friends who visited him in carriages or with countless bottles of whiskey, went for naught.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Brissenden looked on gravely, though once he grew excited and gripped the whiskey bottle, pleading, "Here, just let me swat him once."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He pointed an accusing finger at the whiskey glass which the other was refilling.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Brissenden never arrived without his quart of whiskey, and when they dined together down-town, he drank Scotch and soda throughout the meal.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The whiskey was wise.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It's better than whiskey.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He saw cowboys at the bar, drinking fierce whiskey, the air filled with obscenity and ribald language, and he saw himself with them drinking and cursing with the wildest, or sitting at table with them, under smoking kerosene lamps, while the chips clicked and clattered and the cards were dealt around.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The bottle of whiskey—a second one—was now in constant demand by all present, excepting Catherine who "felt just as good on nothing at all."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"I'll get some whiskey," answered Tom. He went inside.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
