sour

Examples

• All

• We were sitting on towels in the sun, trying to get a tan and drinking whiskey sours.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Well, um, how about a whisky sour?

  Deranged (1974)

• Can I get a whiskey sour, please?

  How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

• Pop, you wanna get me a whiskey sour when you get a sec?

  There's Something About Mary (1998)

• The lady will have a scotch sour.

  Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

• - In that case, I'll have a whiskey sour.

  Confessions of an American Bride (2007)

• Waitress, can we get another whiskey sour?

  The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)

• "Bring the young lady a whiskey sour," she said to the barman.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A few minutes later, I was standing in the Theatre Bar on Forty-fifth Street sipping a whiskey sour.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Can I get a whiskey sour, please?

Synonyms

W

whiskey sour

vssour

• US

8 5.0

A drink made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar served over ice

is a general cocktail using any base liquor with citrus and sugar

Idioms

S

sour grapes

• Informal

16 6.1

Saying something is not good because you cannot have it

Compounds

S

sour cream

36 1.0

A thick white food made from milk with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking

W

whiskey sour

• US

8 5.0

A drink made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar served over ice

S

sour milk

7 1.8

Milk that has gone bad and smells and tastes unpleasant

S

sour mash

• Specialized

2 7.4

A way of making whiskey using part of a previous batch to start the next one

S

sour cherry

2 2.9

A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking

S

sour-tasting

1 1.0

Tasting sharp and like lemon or vinegar

S

sour orange

1 3.7

A very tart orange used in cooking and for making marmalade

S

sour bread

1 3.5

Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste

S

sour mash whiskey

• Specialized

1 7.2

People add some mash from an earlier batch when making whiskey to keep the same flavor

S

sour salt

• UK

1 4.8

Small white crystals that you add to food to make it taste sour

S

sour gum

• US

1 8.4

A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries

S

sour fig

• South African

1 9.2

A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit

S

sour grass

1 8.1

A small plant like clover with a sour taste that people eat as a green

S

sour tooth

1 5.7

A liking for sour foods

S

sour cherry tree

1 3.7

A small tree that makes tart red cherries often used in cooking and jam

S

sour dock

1 8.6

A plant with large sour leaves used in salads and spring greens

S

sour gourd

• Australian

9.9

A tree that has sour fruit often used in cooking

S

sour cherry

3.6

A deep red colour like the skin of ripe tart fruit

S

sour gourd

• Australian

8.9

A sour edible fruit with hard skin used in cooking

S

sour orange

5.0

A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade

S

sour-gum family

• Specialized

9.9

A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree

Surface Forms

Etymology