grog

[ grog ]

noun

1. a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
2. any strong alcoholic drink.
3. fired and crushed clay.

grog

/ ɡrɒɡ /

noun

1. diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink
2. informal.
   alcoholic drink in general, esp spirits

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

1760–70; from Old Grog (alluding to his grogram cloak), the nickname of Edward Vernon (died 1757), British admiral, who in 1740 ordered the alcoholic mixture to be served, instead of pure spirits, to sailors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grog¹

C18: from Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon (1684–1757), British admiral, who in 1740 issued naval rum diluted with water; his nickname arose from his grogram cloak

Example Sentences

According to Historic Royal Palaces, the charity that oversees the tower, a raven called Grog flew off in 1981 and was last seen outside an East End pub named the Rose and Punchbowl.

From Seattle Times

If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”

From Seattle Times

The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails locates the origins of Spanish coffee in Coffee Grog, a drink detailed by Pedro Chicote, a famed Spanish bartender, in his 1928 cocktail book.

From Washington Post

I learned new words, like “grog blossoms,” for the burst blood vessels in a drinker’s face, which enticed Taylor when she first met actor Richard Burton, with whom she would conduct a scandalous affair before marrying him for the first of two times, in 1964.

From Los Angeles Times

At this point, VIP ticket holders were also given flasks with Acey Deucey Club designs and containing the first of several cocktails for the evening: Captain’s Grog, with Appleton Estate rum, crème de cacao, ginger, black tea, lime and angostura bitters.

From Los Angeles Times