mocktail

[ mok-teyl ]

noun

1. a nonalcoholic cocktail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mocktail¹

First recorded in 1935–40; jocular blend of mock ( def 9 ) (in the sense “imitation, fake”) and cocktail ¹( def )

Example Sentences

The first time Tom Mathe, head bartender at L’Avenue in New York City, saw a child order a mocktail, he didn’t know what to think.

From Seattle Times

“The kid who is sitting down to an avocado toast for lunch is ordering a strawberry ginger lemonade mocktail,” she added.

From Seattle Times

“There is a mocktail menu pretty much everywhere we go, whether we are eating dinner in the city, the ’burbs, or we spend summers in Montauk,” he said.

From Seattle Times

After decades of middle-of-the-alphabet anonymity on vitamin store shelves, the humble metal suddenly is taking a star turn in the wellness community, popping up in thousands of posts and even inspiring its own viral recipe, the Sleepy Girl Mocktail.

From Los Angeles Times

After decades of middle-of-the-alphabet anonymity on vitamin store shelves, the humble metal suddenly is taking a star turn in the wellness community, popping up in thousands of posts and even inspiring its own viral recipe, the Sleepy Girl Mocktail.

From Los Angeles Times