noun a mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
2. cocktail ·noun a beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
3. cocktail ·noun a species of rove beetle;
so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
4. cocktail ·noun a horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.