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gin sling

gin sling

8.1
A sweet drink made with gin and lemon, sometimes mixed with soda
  • noun
  • /dʒɪn slɪŋ/
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  • I ordered a gin sling at the rooftop bar, where the view and the cocktail combined for a perfect evening.

Examples

  • The bartender mixed a classic gin sling that was sweet and citrusy, perfect for a hot afternoon.

  • I'd had three excellent gin slings and was feeling lazy and sad.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • At the summer party, everyone enjoyed a refreshing gin sling with lemon and a splash of club soda.

Synonyms

sling
vsgin sling
  • Archaic
2 8.1

A mixed alcoholic drink of liquor, sugar, water, and lemon or lime juice served over ice

is made with a specific spirit and often served with lemon and soda

How Alcoholic

martini
115 3.4
gin and tonic
18 2.7
gin sling
8.1
shandy
1 6.0

Surface Forms

gin sling singular
gin slings plural

Morphology

gin + sling

The phrase names a type of cocktail that is transparently composed: 'sling' denotes a sweetened liquor-plus-citrus drink and 'gin' specifies the spirit used. Therefore a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer it refers to a gin-based cocktail.

Etymology

Gin sling comes from the old word sling, which meant 'a simple mixed drink'. The name shows that it is gin mixed with sugar, lemon and sometimes soda, so it became the name for a sweet, refreshing gin cocktail.