whisky (redirected from Uisge beatha)

whis·ky  (hwsk, ws-)

n.

Variant of whiskey.

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whisky [ˈwɪskɪ]

n pl -kies

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a spirit made by distilling fermented cereals, which is matured and often blended

[shortened from whiskybae, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, literally: water of life; see usquebaugh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain whiskey booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented blended whiskey, blended whisky - mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits bourbon - whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn - whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn Irish whiskey, Irish whisky, Irish - whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley rye whiskey, rye whisky, rye - whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch - whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still sour mash whiskey, sour mash - any whiskey distilled from sour mash manhattan - a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters old fashioned - a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices whiskey sour, whisky sour - a sour made with whiskey

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whisky

noun Scotch, malt, rye, bourbon, firewater, John Barleycorn, usquebaugh (Gaelic), barley-bree (Scot.) a glass of whisky

Quotations
"Freedom and Whisky gang thegither!" [Robert Burns The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer]
"a torchlight procession marching down your throat" [John L. O'Sullivan (of whisky)]

Whiskies

blend, blended whisky, bourbon, corn whisky, grain whisky, hokonui (N.Z.), Irish whiskey, malt or malt whisky, poteen or poitín, redeye (U.S. slang), rye, Scotch, shebeen or shebean (Irish), single malt, sour mash, vatted malt

Translations

whisky whiskey (US, Irl) [ˈwɪskɪ] N → whisky m
whisky and soda → whisky m con sifón, whisky m con soda

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whisky [ˈ^hwɪski] n → whisky m

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whisky, (US, Ir) whiskey

n → Whisky m; whisky and soda → Whisky (mit) Soda m; two whiskies, please → zwei Whisky, bitte

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whisky whiskey (Am) [ˈwɪskɪ] n → whisky m inv
a whisky and soda → un whisky e soda

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whisky

n whisky [ˈwiski]

a type of alcoholic drink made from grain. whiskey, whisky ويسْكي уиски whisky whisky der Whisky ουίσκι whisky viski ویسکی viski whisky וִיסקִי ह्विस्की viski whisky wiski viskí whisky ウイスキー 위스키 viskis viskijs wiski whisky whisky whisky whisky whisky виски whisky viski viski whisky เหล้าวิสกี้ viski 威士忌酒 віскі اناج سے کشید کی گءی شراب một loại rượu 威士忌酒

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whisky → وِسْكي whisky whisky Whisky ουίσκι whisky viski whisky viski whisky ウイスキー 위스키 whisky whisky whisky uísque виски whisky วิสกี้ viski rượu uýt-xki 威士忌