[ˈkɒkteɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream
(e.g: a champagne cocktail)

- a dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served cold as a starter
(e.g: we began with prawn and avocado cocktail)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: from cock + tail. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th century). cocktail (originally US, also early 19th century) is perhaps analogous, from the idea of an adulterated spirit