- whisky
- (BrE) (AmE, IrishE whiskey) nounADJECTIVE▪ blended, malt, Scotch, single-malt▪ bourbon, rye▪ double, large (both esp. BrE)▪ single, small (both esp. BrE)▪ stiff (BrE)▪ neat (BrE), straight (AmE)▪
a neat whisky (BrE)
▪a straight whiskey (AmE)
▪ fine, good▪a fine Irish whiskey
▪ cheap▪ bootleg… OF WHISKY▪ drop (BrE), nip (esp. BrE)▪He added a drop of whisky to his coffee.
▪ measure (BrE), shot, tot (esp. BrE)▪a large measure of whisky
▪ bottle, flask, glass, hip flask (BrE)VERB + WHISKY/WHISKEY▪ drink▪Do you drink whisky?
▪ have▪He had a whisky on the rocks.
▪ pour (sb)▪ sip▪ down, finish▪ distil, make, produce▪the art of distilling whisky
WHISKY/WHISKEY + NOUN▪ drinker▪ bottle, decanter▪ glass, tumbler (esp. BrE)▪ barrel▪ sour▪ chaser (esp. BrE)▪He ordered a beer with a whisky chaser.
▪ business, company, distiller (esp. BrE), distillery, industry, production, salesPHRASES▪ whisky on the rocks (= with ice)
Collocations dictionary. 2013.