cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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Meaning
noun
A mixed alcoholic beverage.
noun
A mixture of other substances or things.
“Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.”
noun
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
noun
A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
noun
A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.