cock·tail (k?k?t?l?)n.1. Any of various mixed alcoholic drinks consisting usually of brandy, whiskey, vodka, or gin combined with fruit juices or other liquors and often served chilled.2. An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood: fruit cocktail; shrimp cocktail.3. Medicine a. A mixture of drugs, usually in solution, administered together or sequentially.b. A medical regimen that includes a combination of several drugs, so that their combined effect is more potent than that of any of the drugs used individually.adj. Of or relating to cocktails: a cocktail glass; a cocktail party.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cocktail (?k?k?te?l) n1. (Brewing) a. any mixed drink with a spirit base, usually drunk before mealsb. (as modifier): the cocktail hour. 2. (Cookery) an appetizer of seafood, mixed fruits, etc3. any combination of diverse elements, esp one considered potent4. (Clothing & Fashion) (modifier) appropriate for formal occasions: a cocktail dress. [C19: of unknown origin]cocktail (?k?k?te?l) n1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse with a docked tail2. (Breeds) an animal of unknown or mixed breeding3. archaic a person of little breeding pretending to be a gentleman[C19: originally cocktailed (adj) having a tail like a cock’s]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cock?tail1 (?k?k?te?l) n. 1. any of various chilled mixed drinks, consisting typically of an alcoholic liquor mixed with vermouth, fruit juice, or flavorings. 2. any of various cold mixtures of small pieces of food, often served as an appetizer: shrimp cocktail; fruit cocktail. 3. a beverage or solution concocted of various ingredients. adj. 4. styled for semiformal wear: a cocktail dress. 5. used in or suitable for cocktails: cocktail onions. [1800?10, Amer.; orig. obscure] cock?tail2 (?k?k?te?l) n. a horse with a docked tail. [1590?1600] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.cocktailMusic produced in the early 1990s that imitated the popular easy listening styles of the 1950s and 1960s.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited