| cocktail | |
| 1. n. A mixed alcoholic beverage. | |
| They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve. | |
| 2. n. A mixture of other substances. | |
| Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory. | |
| a cocktail of illegal drugs | |
| 3. n. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins. | |
| 4. n. (slang) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. | |
| 5. n. A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail. | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete) Ostentatiously lacking in manners. | |
| 7. v. To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances. | |
| 8. v. To treat (a person) to cocktails. | |
| He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants. | |
