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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024whis•key or whis•ky /ˈhwɪski, ˈwɪs-/USA pronunciation n., pl. -keys or -kies. - Winea strong alcoholic drink made from a grain, such as barley: [uncountable]a bottle of whiskey.[countable]ordered two whiskeys.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whis•key (hwis′kē, wis′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -keys, adj. n. - Winean alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
- Winea drink of whiskey.
- Telecommunicationsa word used in communications to represent the letter W.
adj. - Winemade of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.
Also, whisky. - Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha, ultimately translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae literally, water of life; compare usquebaugh
- short for whiskybae 1705–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: whiskey /ˈwɪskɪ/ n - the usual Irish and US spelling of whisky
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