Meanings
plural long drinks
- idiomaticA relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.
Long drinks generally have more mixer than alcohol and are often served with ice and a straw. The terms ‘straight up’ and ‘on the rocks’ are synonymous with the short drink, which tends to be more about the spirit, which is often combined with a single mixer, at most.
2008, Hamlyn, Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 Cocktails: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, Hachette UKSynonyms: tall drink
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.
Translations
Estonian pikendaja
- pikendajalarge mixed drink
Finnish pitkä juoma
- pitkä juomalarge mixed drink
French long drink
- long drinklarge mixed drink
German Longdrink
- Longdrinklarge mixed drink
Hungarian alkoholos koktél, long drink
- alkoholos koktéllarge mixed drink
- long drinklarge mixed drink
Polish long drink
- long drinklarge mixed drink
Spanish combinado
- combinadolarge mixed drink
Cite this entry
long drink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20drink
“long drink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20drink. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long drink,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20drink.
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