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noun ADJ. double, large | single, small | stiff | neat, straight I'll have my whisky straight, please. | excellent, fine, good a fine malt whisky | cheap | bootleg (= illegally made) | blended, Irish (spelt whiskey), malt, Scotch, single-malt QUANT. dash, drop, nip He added a dash of whisky to his coffee. | measure, shot, tot She poured herself a large tot of whisky. | bottle, flask, glass, hip-flask, tumbler VERB + WHISKY drink Do you drink whisky? | have He had a whisky on the rocks. | pour (sb) | sip | gulp, swig | down, finish | distil, produce the art of distilling whisky WHISKY + NOUN drinker | bottle, decanter | glass, tumbler | chaser He ordered a beer with a whisky chaser (= a small glass of whisky drunk after a beer). | business, company, distiller, distillery, industry, production, sales PHRASES whisky on the rocks (= with ice)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary