/hwis"kee, wis"-/ , n. , pl. whiskeys , adj.
n.
1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
2. a drink of whiskey.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter W.
adj.
4. made of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.
Also, whisky .
[ 1705-15; short for whiskybae uisce beatha or ScotGael uisge beatha, ult. trans. of ML aqua vitae lit., water of life; cf. USQUEBAUGH ]