mixed drink

noun

Definition of mixed drinknext
as in cocktail

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Recent Examples of mixed drink Plus, add ginger soda to any mixed drink for a peppery kick. — Kelsey Ogletree, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026 Alcohol While a cold glass of beer or a mixed drink may feel refreshing in the moment, alcohol dehydrates you. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026 Some details may still need to be worked out, like how the association would ensure businesses that are only licensed to sell beer and wine are not selling mixed drinks during an event, Hemmenway said. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026 The bar program has zeroed in on customizable martinis; however, other mixed drinks (including low- and no-ABV alternatives) and a massive line-up of wines by the bottle and glass are available as well. — Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mixed drink
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mixed drink
  1. cocktail
  2. load
  3. belt
  4. beer
  5. home brew
  6. slug
  7. peg
  8. snort
Noun
  • Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Guests lingered over cocktails, lauding Ghesquière’s formidable creative prowess, personal warmth and loyalty.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cocktail
Noun
  • Such truckers work load to load and often can’t raise rates when fuel prices spike, the way their larger competitors can.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • SpaceX is already running a massive load of Nvidia AI chips and has plans to add to it.
    — Seema Mody, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of load
Noun
  • Off-duty models stepped out in nonchalant style, pairing the jeans with basic tops and simple belts, while fashion show attendees elevated the laidback fits with button-down denim shirts, neckties and colorful knitwear.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Temperatures begin a cooling trend on Friday, with Moderate HeatRisk in the foothill thermal belts and in Sacramento; Minor HeatRisk elsewhere.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of belt
Noun
  • Next, in comes Hegseth (Colin Jost), chugging a non-alcoholic beer.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • At the void deck was a group of old men gathered around a stone table, bottles of beer open before them.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of beer
Noun
  • The festival will also feature a home brew competition and a main stage with music.
    — Nathan Pilling July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • On our small Farm in Ennis Texas, my father would pick wild Muscadine grapes and make home brew.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of home brew
Noun
  • Home runs are king in the postseason, but that’s where Caminero comes in, with Liam Hicks, Yandy Díaz and Jonathan Aranda also offering some slug.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Trim back the dead foliage in fall to improve your garden’s appearance and prevent slug eggs from overwintering.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of slug
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  • The series backs up 25 years to a Connecticut farm where father Cyrus Trask (Tracy Letts), a peg-legged Civil War veteran, rejects Charles’ gift of a new knife in favor of Adam’s present of a stray puppy, creating a long trail of jealousy.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After axemen cleared paths through the oaks, elms, and basswoods, the surveyors stretched a standardized measure called a Gunter’s chain—a hundred links to a chain, eighty chains to a mile—and marked the distances with tally pegs.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of peg
Noun
  • The class had been quiet after the camp text, but now there was at least one snort.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of snort

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“Mixed drink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20drink. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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