whiskey
Syllables: whis·key/ˈwɪski/
whiskey noun: a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). Also the alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Noun (1)
whiskey (countable and uncountable, plural whiskeys or whiskies)
- A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
- The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there...1753 September, “Historical Chronicle”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XXIII, number VIII, London, page 391
- Then the boiling water was brought in, and such a jug of whiskey punch as was made! Take my word for it, - it did not, like honest Robin Craig's, require to be hung out on the bush to let the water drain out of it.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 540
- Synonyms:
- Devil's buttermilk, usquebaugh, scamper juice
- A drink of whiskey.
Noun (2)
whiskey (plural whiskeys)
- A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.
- Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,
Or, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;1772, George Alexander Stevens, “The Portrait”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, Oxford, page 202
- Synonyms:
- tim-whiskey
- Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,
Also used as
whiskey is also the alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
whiskey meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
whiskey in Hindi
- alcoholic drink
- व्हिस्की vhiskī, विलायती पानी vilāytī pānī, मदिरा madirā, शराब śarāb
whiskey in Tamil
- விஸ்கி, விஸ்கியை
whiskey in Marathi
- व्हिस्की, विस्की
whiskey in Urdu
- alcoholic drink
- وْہِسْکی vhiskī, مَدِیرا madīrā
More languagesFewer languages
- whiskey in Bengali
- হুইস্কি huiski
- whiskey in Telugu
- విస్కీ, వ్హిస్కీ
- whiskey in Malayalam
- വിസ്കി
- whiskey in Kannada
- ವಿಸ್ಕಿ, ವಿಸ್ಕಿಯು, ವಿಸ್ಕಿಯನ್ನು
- whiskey in Punjabi
- ਵਿਸਕੀ viskī
- whiskey in Gujarati
- વ્હિસ્કી, વિસ્કી, વ્હિસકી
- whiskey in Odia
- ହୁଇସ୍କି, ହ୍ୱିସ୍କି, ହ୍ୱିସ୍କୀ
- whiskey in Sinhala
- විස්කි wiski
- whiskey in Nepali
- व्हिस्की, ह्विस्की, विस्की
- whiskey in Pashto
- ويسکي viski
- whiskey in Tagalog
- wiski
- whiskey in Arabic
- وِيسْكِي wiskī, وِسْكِي wiskī
- whiskey in Malay
- wiski
- whiskey in Indonesian
- wiski
- whiskey in Thai
- วิสกี้ wís-gîi
- whiskey in Vietnamese
- huých-ki, uytky, uýt-ki, uýt-xki
- whiskey in Myanmar
- ဝီစကီ wica.ki
Examples of whiskey in a sentence
- The best malt whiskies are improved if they are cut with a dash of water.
- After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.
- The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.
Synonyms of whiskey
Forms of whiskey
| plural | whiskeys |
|---|---|
| plural | whiskies |
| alternative Australia Canada New Zealand Scotland | whisky |
Origin of whiskey
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.
From whisk + ey.
Words formed from whiskey
- tim-whiskey
- blockade whiskey
- Bourbon whiskey
- corn whiskey
- grain whiskey
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey
- hot whiskey
- if-by-whiskey
- Irish whiskey
- malt whiskey
- pisskey
- sorghum whiskey
- squirrel whiskey
- sweet whiskey
- whiskey butter
- whiskey dick
- whiskey fungus
- whiskey glass
- whiskey grass
- whiskey-jack
- whiskey jack
- Whiskeyleaks
- whiskey seat
- whiskey sour
- whiskey stone
- whiskey tango foxtrot
- whiskeytini
Phrases with whiskey
Words that rhyme with whiskey
Questions about whiskey
- What does whiskey mean?
- Whiskey means a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
- What is whiskey in Hindi?
- Whiskey in Hindi is व्हिस्की (vhiskī), विलायती पानी (vilāytī pānī), मदिरा (madirā). See Whiskey meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is whiskey?
- Whiskey is a noun.
- How do you pronounce whiskey?
- Whiskey is pronounced /ˈwɪski/.
- What is the plural of whiskey?
- The plural of whiskey is whiskeys.
Words near whiskey in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: whiskey (page history and authors); whiskey (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whiskey (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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