WHISKY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whisky mean? 

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

1. a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHISKY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquor made from fermented mash of grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

whiskey; whisky

Hypernyms ("whisky" 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 "whisky"):

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 ("whisky" 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 

There is a demand for whisky, but I think you and I do not care to sell it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Hump,” he said, becoming cognizant of the fascinated gaze I bent upon him, “this beats whisky and is where your Omar misses. I think he only half lived after all.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One of the potencies of whisky is the breeding of thirst.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

You remember that I asked whether whisky and brandy were in the cabin.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I think that I shall have a whisky and soda and a cigar after all this cross-questioning. I had formed my conclusions as to the case before our client came into the room.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A pretty mess that ’Frisco whisky got me into, an’ a prettier mess that woman’s got you into aft there.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see, Watson, he explained in the early hours of the morning as we sat over a glass of whisky and soda in Baker Street, it was perfectly obvious from the first that the only possible object of this rather fantastic business of the advertisement of the League, and the copying of the Encyclopædia, must be to get this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of hours every day.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wolf Larsen took the distribution of the whisky off my hands, and the bottles began to make their appearance while I worked over the fresh batch of wounded men in the forecastle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They drank whisky, they drank it neat, and I fetched more.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)