Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An alcoholic liquor originally distilled from fermented wheat mash but now also made from a mash of rye, corn, or potatoes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sort of whisky or brandy generally drunk in Russia, properly distilled from rye, but sometimes from potatoes.
Wiktionary
- n. A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash
- n. A serving of the above beverage
- n. Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Russian drink distilled from rye.
WordNet 3.0
- n. unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
Etymologies
- Slavic voda, woda, meaning water, plus the diminutive suffix -ka. Historical documentary research of V. Pokhlyobkin suggests the derivation via the usage "dilution (of distillate) with water", as used in expressions "vodka of grain wine" and similar; хлебное вино ("grain wine") is an archaic Russian name for vodka. (Wiktionary)
- Russian, diminutive of voda, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Citrus vodka is just lemon flavored vodka, and isn't necessary - plain vodka is fine.”
“Your vodka is about to mixed with all kinds of crazy stuff.”
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“And, yes, the network that's afraid of the word "vodka" NBC has renamed”
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“Then I poured in vodka until it reached the top of the candy.”
“I juice them at home or purchase the refrigerated juice the lovely people at POM sell at local stores (in the refrigerated section) to mix with Charbay Vodka in Meyer Lemon or Blood Orange (their pomegranate flavored vodka is wonderful too) or in very girlie pomegranate cocktails made with sparkling wine and PAMA liqueur.”
“And: ‘were piqued,’ not ‘was’: compound subject; the vodka is ‘Absolut’ (no ‘e’ at the end!).”
“His father's money was made in vodka distilleries and lost when their monopoly ended, leaving the family bankrupt when Diaghilev was 18.”
“Zorokovich 1917 vodka is now on sale in Selfridges, in London.”
“They took the bottle of vodka from the dining room cabinet, because they knew that when their parents drank this they were happier, and so were the visitors.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vodka’.
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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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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Wine & Spirits
Vintage, toast, vodka, wine, whisky, beer, port, cocktail, stout, champagne, brandy, rum and 2 more...
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Wordnik Words
Words that appear on the home page of Wordnik.
abaci, cabooleat, endomorphic, warfinger, varna, tautological, quesadillia, hub, oceanography, ken, ignimbrite, galactagogue and 110 more...
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Words. Just words.
Our chief weapons are words, that's all. Just words. Only words, not justly words, that is.
That is to say that there are only words in this list, not words that are just, although s...profligacy, monty, the arc of history, luddite, peremptory, brusque, languid, callipygian, perniciously, insidiousness, camelot, perforce and 189 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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dirtysnowflake's Words
snowflake, parisian, couture, mystery, ruby, clandestine, corset, october, list, touch, caress, aboulia and 156 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2253 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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astrosfan's Words
pantaloons, schadenfreude, astonishing, eve, static, freeze, luscious, voluptuous, stagnant, mimic, speed, vespertillinoid and 302 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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I Drink Your...
I drink it up!
milkshake, smoothie, egg cream, coolatta, horchata, lassi, slurpee, Arnold Palmer, Shirley Temple, coffee, tea, cappuccino and 42 more...
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Anna Karenina Part Two
Currently on hold.
The Food.
Also see Part One and Part Threebutter, roll, coffee, sour broth, cabbage soup, clear soup, oysters, kasha, thick sauce, roast beef, capons, fruit salad and 31 more...
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braggadocio
an addendum or Anhang to Prolagus's list 'The braggadocio recipe'
amoeba, angina, antenna, aria, arnica, audio, aurora, biro, bronco, bubo, cafe, calico and 88 more...
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Pseudorandom words
Words found through Wordie's random word function. I didn't take phrases, foreign, misspelled, or madeupical words, so I looked at about 200 words to assemble this list.
I was surprise...ishkabibble, jericho, inopercular, oppositional, puerility, chronometer, cavern, cisternae, osteospermum, boxcar, misandry, savannah and 88 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vodka.
ruzuzu See Clamato. Oct 1, 2010
ruzuzu Sometimes? Sep 23, 2010
milosrdenstvi Comes in handy sometimes. Sep 23, 2010
elgiad007 Try Cold River Vodka, distilled from Maine Potatoes. Very good stuff. Nov 7, 2008