Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An ancient triangular stringed instrument.
- n. An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavored with licorice.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as sambuke.
Wiktionary
- n. An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice. Traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
Etymologies
- From Italian sambuca, from Latin sambūcus ("elderberry"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek sambūkē, from Aramaic sabbəkā, from səbak, to fasten, cling; see śbk in Semitic roots.Italian, from feminine of sambuco, elder, from Latin sambūcus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Once the sambuca was the center of attention, the other ships could draw up alongside the rest of the seawall and send troops up ladders with impunity.”
“Ouzo and other anise-flavored beverages such as sambuca consist of about 55 percent water, 45 percent alcohol, and a small amount of flavored oil.”
“The bride immediately swapped her L-plate for a pair of glasses, revealed she was a lawyer, and pointed out the contract wasn't legally binding – before downing yet another sambuca and shrieking for the compere to take his top off.”
“A beloved antique clock that belonged to her mother was smashed, and a toppled bottle of sambuca left a sticky mess on a blue carpet.”
USA Today: At N.Z. quake epicenter, screams and flying boulders
“Italians have a different idea of how to improve a cup of cappuccino and espresso: Add a shot of grappa or sambuca, transforming the beverage into a "corretto.”
“Or, you could sub in “Double chocolate mousse cake, cappucino, and sambuca””
“He knows, and he knows that we know, that once he was complicit in the sale of all sorts of colourful concoctions; the Pink Pussy (Campari, peach brandy, lemon-lime soda, served over ice), and of course, the Slippery Nipple (2 parts sambuca, 1 part Irish cream liqueur, dash of grenadine).”
““He was being very flirty and I was quite taken aback but just went for it,” said Agar, who chalked up his behavior to too many pints followed by too many shots of sambuca.”
“At Elements, a nightclub in the nearby town of Bournemouth, William knocked back pints of Stella Artois with sambuca chasers while dozens of women in skimpy outfits took pictures of the prince with their cell phones.”
“Like a double shot of espresso and sambuca, right to her heart.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sambuca’.
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food collection
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Resounding Words
great timbre
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That's the Spirit!
Liqueurs (generic) from around the world
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Liquor is Quicker
Fermented and distilled.
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happy hour
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Nomen est omen?
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Tweets
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reesetee There's a vacation goal. Jan 22, 2008
asativum So I could sip a sambuca whilst listening to a somnambulist in a sombrero playing a somber samba on a sambuca?
Cool. Jan 22, 2008
fbharjo also an ancient triangular musical instrument Jan 22, 2008