Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small glass used to hold or measure a small quantity of liquor.

    Schnapsglas, Pinnchen, Stamper

    сто́пкаstópka, рю́мкаrjúmka

    a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom got into a drunken bar brawl and had to defend himself with a shot glass and a bar stool.

    ruТом ввязался в пьяную потасовку в баре и был вынужден защищаться рюмкой и барным табуретом. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small glass:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small glass:

Origin

From shot + glass, in use since at least the 1940s.

From shot + glass, in use since at least the 1940s.

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Forms

plural: shot glasses

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey:jiggerpony

See also

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