martini
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3.4
- noun
- /mɑrˈtiːni/
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martini
- You like your martini stirred, not shaken.
- martini glass
- a martini lunch
Well, you, you asked for a lychee martini and I've made this for you.
- Well, you, you asked for a lychee martini and I've made this for you.
- While I have vodka in a martini and in a bloody baby.
- So it's sort of like The Dirty martini of sauces.
- I'm celebrating with the most Irish of drinks, the gin martini.
- But note that this is a picture of three martinis.
- I'm going to drink martini and I'm going to be James Bond, right?
Examples
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- Would you care for another martini, sir?
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I know a great little martini bar.
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OK, so that should be the perfect martini and all, right, beautiful.
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You know, I also make a mean martini, you know that works.
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Would you like a martini?
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I'll buy you a martini, Walter.
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But first, a sip of my martini to get us started and in the mood.
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For herself, she fixed a martini as dry as the Sahara.
Fiction book (1994) -
Vivienne drained her second martini and called for her bill.
Fiction book (1995) -
Would you care for another martini, sir?
Synonyms
9
3.2
A cocktail like a martini that uses vodka instead of gin
A cocktail of gin and dry vermouth garnished with a pickled onion
Compounds
- Archaic
1
8.8
A long business lunch where people drink several martinis and relax
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Martini probably comes from the Italian vermouth brand Martini, or from a person or place with the same name. One popular story says bartenders used Martini vermouth when they mixed the drink, so people began to call the cocktail a martini, which is why a martini is a drink made with vermouth and a spirit like gin or vodka.