mocktail

noun

mock·​tail ˈmäk-ˌtāl 

plural mocktails

: a usually iced drink made with any of various ingredients (such as juice, herbs, and soda water) but without alcohol : a nonalcoholic cocktail

Though London may be home to some of the world's tastiest cocktails, it's also got some of the best mocktails going, too. Virgin drinks are starting to pop up on the menus of the city's trendiest bars to account for those nights when you want to go out but can't afford a hangover the next day.

—Sophia E. Lipp

Examples of mocktail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then there’s a golf tournament during which Margaret Josephs has Rachel, Dolores, Melissa, and Lexi (the one with an accent even more mysterious than Dorit Kemsley’s) dress up in cute little green outfits and drive around giving golfers mocktails. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 June 2024

Here, locals build community over upscale cocktails and mocktails, dance on the weekend, and congregate on the patio come summer. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2024

This is bound to become a Lake Como hot spot, with several pools all just steps from shady gazebos and multiple bars serving cocktails and mocktails. —Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 May 2024

The second location will be nearly four times the size as the original one and will have a bar serving cocktails and mocktails, said Brown, who founded The Land of Kush with Wright-Brown, his wife, in 2011. —Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above