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shot glass

American  

noun

shot glasses plural
  1. a small, heavy glass for serving a shot of whiskey or liquor.


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With his bare hands, he secures its head and puts its jaws over a shot glass covered in cling film.

From BBC May 16, 2025

If dinner hasn’t given you enough Ramsay, maybe a shot glass, cookbook or tote bag is in order.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2023

Then you pour a shot of sake into a sake cup or shot glass and balance it on the two chopsticks like a wee hat.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2021

The famous owner of the establishment in Nashville — Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk and Rock ’n’ Roll Steakhouse — publicly forgave Wallen for smashing a shot glass.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2021

Someone opens a third- story window and throws out a shot glass, and off it goes spinning, over and over, down toward the rue Vauborel, and out of sight.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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