| Main Entry: | Scotch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight*, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
| Main Entry: | kill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn off; cancel |
Synonyms: |
annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, scotch, shut off, smother, stifle, still, stop, suppress, turn out, veto |
Antonyms: |
begin, initiate, start, turn on |
| Main Entry: | thwart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, hinder |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross, duck, foil, foul up, frustrate, give the slip, hold up, impede, louse up, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer*, restrain, ruin, scotch, skin, snafu, stymie, take down, take wind out of, trammel, upset, upset one's apple cart |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, encourage, forward, help |
| Main Entry: | whiskey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booze |
Synonyms: |
alcohol, bourbon, corn, distill, distiller, distillery, drink, hooch, liquor, moonshine, moonshiner, mountain dew, poteen, rotgut, rye, scotch, spirits, spiritus frumenti, usquebaugh, white lightning |
| Notes: | bourbon (named for Bourbon County, Kentucky) is an American whiskey made from at least 51 percent corn, plus other grains (all bourbons are whiskey, but not all whiskeys are bourbon); whiskey is an alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume - and the varieties include bourbon whiskey, corn whiskey, and rye whiskey whiskey is the preferred spelling in Ireland and the United States; whisky is the spelling in Canada and Great Britain |