neat
15
6.3
A drink with alcohol served without ice or mixers
- adjective
- /niːt/
:
solo
- Serve it up neat.
- neat, please
- order a drink neat
- drink it neat
Also, dude, you're so sick with your whiskey neat.
- Also, dude, you're so sick with your whiskey neat.
Examples
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How you take it? - Neat.
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"We drink this neat, always.
Fiction book (1996) -
Miss, I asked for this neat.
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- Give me a whiskey, neat, please.
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Neat for me, anything for you?
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He'll have a whiskey, neat.
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- Well, I'll probably just do whiskey neat.
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I'll have your best Irish whiskey, neat.
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- Chivas, neat, please.
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I'll have your best Irish whiskey, neat.
Synonyms
plain
vsneat
208
1.0
Simple and not decorated or flavored
applies specifically to alcoholic drinks served without additives
straight
vsneat
14
4.7
Served without ice or mixer
is the same but used for serving alcoholic drinks without additives
full-strength
vsneat
1
4.5
An alcoholic drink like gin with no water or other drinks
focuses on strength by lack of dilution rather than serving style
Antonyms
Compounds
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Neat for a drink comes from the old word net meaning 'pure' or 'clean', so a drink served neat is plain and pure with nothing added.