Whiskey

Noun

 * 1)  A distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented grain, usually aged by storing in oak barrels.
 * 2)  A drink of whiskey.
 * 3) The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Adjectives for Whiskey
indispensable; hot; commissary; straight; blended; bonded; young; medicinal; cheap; smooth; fiery; burning; synthetic.

Verbs for Whiskey
abstain from—; ad,dict to—; age—; assimilate—; bond—; bootleg—; bottle—; consume—; dispatch—; distil—; drain—; inure to—; legalize—; prohibit—; quaff—; refine—; sip—; swill—; tax—; value—; —anaesthetizes; —befogs; —deadens; — dulls; —enlivens; —flows; —flings down; —inebriates; —enslaves; —intoxicates; — narcotizes; —perverts; —revives; swig—.

Thesaurus
gin, grog, light whiskey, malt whiskey, marc, mescal, moonshine, ouzo, plum brandy, raki, rum, rye, rye whiskey, schnapps, slivovitz, spirits, tequila, vodka, Angostura bitters, Canadian, Canadian whiskey, Cognac, Grand Champagne, Irish, Irish whiskey, Kirsch, Scotch, Scotch whiskey, absinthe, bitters, blended whiskey, bourbon, brandy, clean rum, eau de vie,

Alternative forms

 * whisky

Etymology
uisce beatha and uisge beatha lit. 'water of life' (compare aquavit < Latin aqua vitae).

Translations

 * Afrikaans: whisky
 * Alabama: okiimi
 * Albanian: uiski
 * Arabic: ويسكي
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: віскі
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: уиски
 * Burmese: ဝီစကီ
 * Catalan: whisky
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 威士忌酒, 威士忌
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ვისკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: וויסקי
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: viskí


 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: viskijs
 * Lithuanian: viskis
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ویسکی
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: uisge beatha
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: виски
 * Roman: viski
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, güisqui
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: wíski
 * Thai: วิสกี้
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: huých-ki, uytky, rượu uytky
 * Welsh: chwisgi


 * Estonian:


 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1)  drink

Etymology
From or  via