whiskey
Americannoun
plural
whiskeys-
an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
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a drink of whiskey.
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a word used in communications to represent the letter W.
adjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whiskey
1705–15; short for whiskybae < Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha, ultimately translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae literally, water of life; usquebaugh
Example Sentences
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Kevin O’Gorman, the master distiller behind it, explains that it’s a bottle that benefits from a 50-year maturation process — yes, this whiskey started life in the disco decade.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
Despite a slight by Quentin Tarantino, Matthew Lillard is a busy man with “Cross,” “Scream 7,” “Daredevil,” “Carrie” and ... whiskey?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
In a showroom targeting the US market, images of cowboy hats, military tanks and whiskey adorned display shelves.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
From Boeing aircraft to bourbon whiskey, the European Union has created a list of hundreds of categories of American products that it plans to target if trade talks unravel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
And there is another smell in the Packard now, above leather and whiskey, a stringent, metallic smell overpowering my grandfather’s deodorant: fear.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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