1. Any of various mixed alcoholic drinks consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.

2. An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood: fruit cocktail; shrimp cocktail.

a. A mixture of drugs, usually in solution, administered together or sequentially.

b. A medical regimen that includes a combination of several drugs, so that their combined effect is more potent than that of any of the drugs used individually.

Of or relating to cocktails: a cocktail glass; a cocktail party.

a. any mixed drink with a spirit base, usually drunk before meals

b. (as modifier ): the cocktail hour.

2. (Cookery) an appetizer of seafood, mixed fruits, etc

3. any combination of diverse elements, esp one considered potent

4. (Clothing & Fashion) (modifier ) appropriate for formal occasions: a cocktail dress.

[C19: of unknown origin]

1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse with a docked tail

2. (Breeds) an animal of unknown or mixed breeding

3.archaic a person of little breeding pretending to be a gentleman

[C19: originally cocktailed (adj) having a tail like a cock's]

cock•tail 1

1. any of various chilled mixed drinks, consisting typically of an alcoholic liquor mixed with vermouth, fruit juice, or flavorings.

2. any of various cold mixtures of small pieces of food, often served as an appetizer: shrimp cocktail; fruit cocktail.

3. a beverage or solution concocted of various ingredients.

4. styled for semiformal wear: a cocktail dress.

5. used in or suitable for cocktails: cocktail onions.

[1800–10, Amer. ; orig. obscure]

cock•tail 2

a horse with a docked tail.

Music produced in the early 1990s that imitated the popular easy listening styles of the 1950s and 1960s.

Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:

1. an alcoholic drink mixed from various spirits etc. skemerkelkie مَزيج مَشْروبات: كوكتيل коктайл coquetel koktejl der Cocktail coctail κοκτέιλ cóctel kokteil نوعی مشروب الکلی؛ کوکتل cocktail coquetel קוֹקטֵייל मद्य पान की दावत koktel koktél koktil kokkteill cocktail カクテル 칵테일 kokteilis kokteilis koktel cocktail cocktail cocktail كا كټيل يودول شراب چه څرنګه يى سره ګډشوىوى: داشتهار او ستلو خواړه cocktail cocteil коктейль koktail koktejl koktel cocktail เครื่องดื่มเหล้าผสมผลไม้ kokteyl 雞尾酒 коктейль شرابوں کا مجموعہ cốc tai 鸡尾酒

2. a mixed dish of a number of things. a fruit cocktail. mengeldrank خَليط فَواكِه смесено ястие salada směs, salát der Cocktail blanding ποικιλία macedonia kokteilsalat پیش خوراک sekoitus salade קוֹקטֵייל koktel koktél koktil blanda macedonia 前菜の一種 모듬 mišinys salāti (augļu, dārzeņu) bancuhan koktel cocktail blanding. cocktail cocktail, deser داشتهار او ستلو خواړه salada salată коктейль-салат šalát (mešana) solata koktel cocktail, blandning อาหารหลากชนิด. kokteyli 什錦 коктейль مل جلے پھلوں کا رس یا پلیٹ۔ sự pha trộn hợp chất 什锦

2. mezcla de licores.

3. receta de mezcla de drogas para tratar una enfermedad.