whisky

[hwis-kee, wis-]

noun

plural

whiskies 

1. whiskey (used especially for Scotch or Canadian whiskey).

whisky

/ ˈwɪskɪ /

noun

1. a spirit made by distilling fermented cereals, which is matured and often blended

Word History and Origins

Origin of whisky¹

C18: shortened from whiskybae, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, literally: water of life; see _usquebaugh

Example Sentences

"Eleven years married, three children. My husband started drinking alcohol, started getting on the whisky and then he divorced me," she says.

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Sir Keir also confirmed that he had lobbied the US president for a tariff exemption on whisky during his state visit to the UK last last week.

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Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander insisted that whisky was "very high" on the UK's list of trade priorities and had been part of negotiations for months.

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Swinney suspected steel and pharmaceuticals were higher on the UK's priority list and made a point of pressing the case for whisky with the president.

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After Swinney met the president at his golf resort in Aberdeenshire, the first minister said he had made the case for better trading terms for Scotch whisky.

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