whiskey
noun
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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whiskey
American
[hwis-kee, wis-]
/ ˈʰwɪs ki, ˈwɪs- /
Or
whisky
noun
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whiskeys
plural
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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
Whiskey
1
British
/ ˈwɪskɪ /
noun
whiskey
2
British
/ ˈwɪskɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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; cf. usquebaugh
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Boycotts of U.S. whiskey have decimated a key economic driver for the American South.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Honorable mention: Norway’s star striker Erling Haaland, who went viral for bringing home a taxidermy raccoon holding a whiskey bottle that he reportedly bought for $750 from Wild Bill’s Western Store in Dallas.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Memorial Coliseum to sing along with Chris Stapleton as the country star compared a lover to Tennessee whiskey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The authorities also seized dozens of firearms and ammunition, devices for communicating in Morse code, drones, maps and bottles of fine wine and whiskey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Gang members, housewives, whiskey swillers, beat cops, politicians, and butchers: each had a role to play, an axe to grind, and a deep loyalty to their own in the community that was Packingtown.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Ernest told Whiskey Riff early this year that he and McAfee had recorded eight or nine songs together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Roach said, among his plans, would be reopening Whiskey Pete’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
He added: "The special relationship that the Scotch Whisky and American Whiskey industries share will be reinvigorated by this announcement."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Mr. Crytzer—a specialist on the history of the American frontier, the author of a book on the Whiskey Rebellion and a teacher at Robert Morris University—begins “The National Road” with Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Angel’s Envy will soon sell 50 mL bottles of one of its whiskeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
All whiskeys have what’s called a mash bill.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
All whiskeys have what's called a mash bill.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
For long, rum has been relegated to the bottom shelf of bar cabinets around the world with whiskeys, cognacs and gins taking prime slots.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
Husbands drinking their whiskeys stop in mid-sip, spotting this pink thing at the door.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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