Cocktail - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɑːkteɪl|  American pronunciation of the word cocktail
Brit.  |ˈkɒkteɪl|  British pronunciation of the word cocktail

noun

- a short mixed drink
- an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

Extra examples

The book contains a powerful cocktail of romance, family crises and big business.

The cocktail recipe called for a dash of bitters.

People will have time to schmooze during the cocktail hour.

...the yeasty chatter at a cocktail party on New Year's Eve...

I'm not all that shook on cocktail parties myself.

The Molotov cocktail exploded

...I don't know what was in that cocktail, but I was all aswoon after drinking it....

Word forms

noun
singular: cocktail
plural: cocktails
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