Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of aquavit.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caroway seeds.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
Etymologies
- From a Scandinavian language (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Bouncing Bounce Deuce and creating a sparse, white brick walled space outfitted with park bench-style booths, large U-shaped leather banquettes, and Calder-esque hanging fixtures, Van's specializing in Northern Euro beers, infused akvavit, and Genever-aided cocktails like the lemon/bitters/roobis-infused vermouth B Side Sling.”
The Huffington Post: Thrillist: Vandaag: Northern European Eats
““I owe you an akvavit on that,” the American said.”
“Both policemen raised their glasses of akvavit in a friendly toast.”
“He also taught him to appreciate jazz music, play Norrlandsknack, and drink akvavit, all of which they enjoyed together at the end of most days given that Jili worked eighty-hour weeks and Olle had no wife or children.”
“Well, I can tell that winter is coming and that I am getting ready to submerge myself in novel-writing, because I just made three half pints of green chili sauce (future enchiladas!) and a quart of tomato akvavit cream sauce for the freezer.”
“And why the hell does she want me to serve sweet, sticky Prosecco cocktails instead of my refreshing akvavit and juniper berry punch?”
“Here, yu can haz all teh akvavit yu wants az token ov my grattytood fur it.”
Psst – Ted, get the steak sauce. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“There we were, having had a perfectly civil time eating smorrebrod and imbibing a teensy glass of blackberry akvavit (because Wendy's parents, being from the Continent, were very cosmopolitan about such things).”
“More brandy and barrels of akvavit were being drunk in the city's taverns which were full of sailors released from their duties on the walls.”
“He had swallowed a single mouthful of the half liter when he heard, at his left, "What, no akvavit with, and you a Dane?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘akvavit’.
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Behold, The Potato
All things potato. History, foodways and potato recipe names, cultivar or variety names, farming, production, diseases and pests, folklore.
spud, tater, starchy, tuberous, <i>Solanum tubero..., <i>Phytophthora i..., potato blight, late blight, blight, Ireland, Irish potato, lumper and 331 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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the rain of grain
stays mainly in ..........
rye, millet, wheat, quinoa, amaranth, caryopsis, barley, rice, brinjarry, sorghum, kaoliang, acrospire and 36 more...
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heia norge!
koselig, gløgg, meningsløs, øl, akvavit, långrenn, ostehøvel, fjord, ha en rev bak øret, dugnad, hyggelig, å leve er en arvi... and 1 more...
Tweets
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john When I was in high school I was invited to the house of a Norwegian friend's family for New Year's Eve. They served bear meat, and we toasted the new year with akvavit served in shot glasses made of ice. Pretty exotic to a kid from suburban Connecticut. Feb 29, 2008
chained_bear "Sitting there he measured out the laudanum, his practised thumb over the bottle's mouth: a dose suited to the occasion. The first sip startled him extremely. 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph,' he said, 'the troll must use akvavit.' He soon grew used to the different taste, however..."
—Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 265 Feb 29, 2008