tonic
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈtɒnɪk/
- US
:
refresco
- They send some tonic water, some fizzy watermelon soda.
Examples
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I think I've earned a tonic water.
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I need quarters for the bridge and for the tonic machine.
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I think I'll just have tonic, then.
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I'm gonna get a tonic, I guess.
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I resist the urge to check the time, and I ask for another gin and tonic.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tom was out of tonic, so he's gone to the off-license.
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I'm out of tonic.
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I ordered a tonic to enjoy with my lunch.
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The restaurant has a variety of tonics, including lemon-lime and orange-flavored.
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After a long day, I treated myself to a cold tonic from the vending machine.
Synonyms
426
1.0
A sweet fizzy drink often served cold
127
1.0
A sweet fizzy drink sold in cans or bottles
40
1.0
A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade
38
2.0
A cold fizzy drink flavored with ginger
15
1.0
A sweet fizzy drink like cola
4
1.2
A clear fizzy drink made by adding gas to water, often used as a mixer
1
1.0
A cold sweet drink with bubbles like cola
Compounds
- Archaic
1
3.7
A liquid you put on hair to make it look neat, make it easier to manage, or help the scalp
- UK
A way of writing music with syllables like do, re, mi to show the notes of a scale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tonic for a soda comes from older uses of the word for small drinks called tonic water that people thought would give 'strength' or a fresh feeling, and in parts of New England the name simply came to mean any sweet, fizzy drink.