long drink

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Noun

long drink (plural long drinks)

1. (idiomatic) A relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.

   Synonym: tall drink

   Coordinate terms: medium drink, short drink, shot

   Hypernyms: mixed drink, cocktail

   Hyponym: highball

   • 2008, Hamlyn, Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 Cocktails: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, Hachette UK (→ISBN)

     Long drinks generally have more mixer than alcohol and are often served with ice and a straw. The terms ‘straight up’ and ‘on the rocks’ are synonymous with the short drink, which tends to be more about the spirit, which is often combined with a single mixer, at most.

Descendants

• ⇒ Finnish: lonkero
• → German: Longdrink

Translations

large mixed drink

• Estonian: pikendaja
• Finnish: pitkä juoma
• French: long drink (fr) m
• Galician: cacharro m
• German: Longdrink m
• Hungarian: alkoholos koktél, long drink
• Spanish: combinado (es) m

Further reading

• long drink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia