whiskey

[US]/ˈwɪski/
[UK]/ˈwɪski/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash
adj. relating to or characteristic of whiskey

Phrases & Collocations

whiskey sour

irish whiskey

Example Sentences

A great deal of whiskey is made in Scotland.

bootleg corn whiskey during Prohibition

drinks her whiskey straight.

cut whiskey with distilled water.

I like my whiskey neat.

a bar serving whiskey that had been watered.

In the US whiskey of 90 proof is 45% alcohol.

He drank his whiskey almost bottoms up.

I don't like Scotch. Now, if it had been Irish Whiskey you'd offered me.

Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, meaning “whiskey.

This triple-distilled Bushmill's Irish whiskey is a blend of malted barleys aged up to nine years in Oloroso sherry oak casks.

Real-world Examples

Do you want some whiskey? - Whiskey?

Source: Deadly Women

That explains the whiskey, but what about coffee?

Source: Coffee Tasting Guide

For my drink, I'll have a whiskey.

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

" You can't have the whiskey, " said the bartender.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

Hey, I'll take a double whiskey, whatever's well.

Source: English little tyrant

I'm not sure was it was a whiskey or something.

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

Yeah yeah yeah. How about some scotch whiskey?

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

We still produce our whiskeys and our vodkas and our gins.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Oh, no wine for me. Sheldon's bringing me my whiskey.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

So, so essentially it's a rice whiskey.

Source: Gourmet Base

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