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applejack

applejack

1 8.4
A strong alcoholic drink made from fermented apple cider
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəlˌdʒæk/
  • US
translation icon : aguardiente de manzana
  • There was a guy over in I.D. who used to play pinochle with us out in the yard, said something right about that time, a bunch of us were talking, nipping on some applejack.
  • applejack brandy
  • a cup of applejack

Examples

  • Straight applejack.

  • Too much applejack.

  • That applejack ain't doin' us any good in the bottle.

  • So things were tasting sweeter than applejack in a honeydew melon for the Duke boys.

  • The Abbe begged that his guest taste an applejack that rivaled the output of Normandy.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • After dinner, we enjoyed a glass of applejack, savoring its rich, fruity flavor.

  • On a chilly evening, he warmed up with a shot of applejack, a traditional drink in his family.

  • The distillery offered tours that ended with tastings of their homemade applejack and other apple-based spirits.

Synonyms

cider
vsapplejack
76 1.5

A drink made from pressed apples that can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic

is distilled from fermented apple juice and so is a stronger spirit
hard cider
vsapplejack
  • US
2 3.3

A drink made from apples that has alcohol

is distilled from fermented juice rather than only being fermented
apple vodka
vsapplejack
3.9

A strong drink made from vodka and apples

is distilled from fermented apple juice rather than from neutral alcohol
apple liqueur
vsapplejack
6.2

A sweet alcoholic drink with apple taste often served after a meal or in cocktails

is a distilled cider spirit rather than a sweet flavored after meal drink
cyder
vsapplejack
  • Archaic
8.3

An alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice

is made by distilling fermented apple juice rather than by simple fermentation

How Alcoholic

brandy
106 2.7
applejack
  • US
1 8.4
wine
1.0
beer
1.0

Surface Forms

applejack singular
applejacks plural

Morphology

applejack = apple + jack (semi-transparent) = apple + jack

The components 'apple' and 'jack' are recognizable, but the specific meaning 'an alcoholic spirit distilled from cider' is a specialized and partly lexicalized sense not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Applejack comes from making a strong drink from apples: it joins apple and jack, where 'jacking' was a way to make cider stronger by freezing it and removing some water so the alcohol stayed and became more powerful. So applejack today means a strong alcoholic drink made from apple cider.