WHISKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whiskey mean? 

• WHISKEY (noun)
  The noun WHISKEY has 1 sense:

1. a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

  Familiarity information: WHISKEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHISKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquor made from fermented mash of grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

whiskey; whisky

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 

Why, you said just now, to me, 'whiskey and beer—anything that will make you drunk'—make me drunk, don't you see?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But this white man drank much whiskey, and in the night-time came to Yamikan's house and made much fight. Yamikan cannot run away, and the white man tries to kill him. Yamikan does not like to die, so he kills the white man.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

And then, in reply to Martin's protest: "What have I to do with books? I had another hemorrhage this morning. Got any whiskey? No, of course not. Wait a minute."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He promptly diagnosed her affliction as La Grippe, dosed her with hot whiskey (the remnants in the bottles for which Brissenden was responsible), and ordered her to bed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Not by becoming a toil-beast could he win to the heights, was the message the whiskey whispered to him, and he nodded approbation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"The beggar sells nothing but American whiskey. But here's a quart of it."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Oh, booze," he laughed. "It's slang. It means whiskey an' beer—anything that will make you drunk."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin did not deign to offer excuses, but called for whiskey, filling his own glass brimming before he passed the bottle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was Brissenden, and in the fleeting glimpse, ere the car started up, Martin noted the overcoat pockets, one bulging with books, the other bulging with a quart bottle of whiskey.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At a wholesale liquor store he bought two gallon-demijohns of old port, and with one in each hand boarded a Mission Street car, Martin at his heels burdened with several quart-bottles of whiskey.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)