MOLOTOV COCKTAIL


Meaning of MOLOTOV COCKTAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmä-lə-ˌtȯf-, ˈmȯ-, ˈmō-, -ˌtȯv- ]

noun

Etymology: Vyacheslav M. Molotov

Date: 1940

: a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled

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