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gin and tonic

gin and tonic noun: a simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.

gin and tonic: a simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or...
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Noun

gin and tonic (countable and uncountable, plural gin and tonics or (uncommon) gins and tonic or gins and tonics)

  1. (uncountable) A simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.
    • She drank gin and tonic by preference.
    Synonyms:
    G and T, G&T
  2. (countable) A glass of the above.
  3. (UK) Fentanyl

Synonyms of gin and tonic

Forms of gin and tonic

pluralgin and tonics
plural uncommongins and tonic
pluralgins and tonics

Questions about gin and tonic

What does gin and tonic mean?
Gin and tonic means a simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.
What part of speech is gin and tonic?
Gin and tonic is a noun.
What is the plural of gin and tonic?
The plural of gin and tonic is gin and tonics.

Words near gin and tonic in the dictionary

  1. gin and French
  2. gin and Frenches
  3. Gin and Gospel Gazette
  4. gin and it
  5. gin and its
  6. gin and tonic
  7. gin and tonics
  8. gin berries
  9. gin berry
  10. gin block
  11. gin blocks

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