- the usual Irish and US spelling of whisky
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
whis•key or whis•ky /ˈhwɪski, ˈwɪs-/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -keys or -kies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Winea strong alcoholic drink made from a grain, such as barley: [uncountable]a bottle of whiskey.[countable]ordered two whiskeys.
whis•key
(hwis′kē, wis′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -keys, adj.
n.
adj.
n.
- Winean alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
- Winea drink of whiskey.
- Telecommunicationsa word used in communications to represent the letter W.
adj.
- Winemade of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.
- Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha, ultimately translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae literally, water of life; compare usquebaugh
- short for whiskybae 1705–15
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'whiskey' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bourbon
- Canadian whisky
- Dublin
- Irish
- Irish coffee
- Irish whiskey
- Manhattan
- aged
- alcohol
- aqua vitae
- ardent spirits
- barley
- barley-bree
- bite
- black bottom pie
- blended whiskey
- boilermaker
- bond
- bonded whiskey
- booze
- bottled in bond
- bourbon
- brown goods
- burn
- cocktail
- collins
- corn
- corn liquor
- corn whiskey
- creature
- cut
- distill
- faints
- firewater
- foreshots
- gray jay
- hard
- highball
- hijack
- hoist
- horse's neck
- jigger
- jolt
- liquor
- marry
- mint julep
- moosemilk
- old
- old fashioned
- peg