martini

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.

   “Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?”

   “My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.”

   “Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.”

   “Could any tiger Drink martinis, smoke cigars, And last as we do?”

   “He drank martini, played bridge in the club, and captured treaty-port life wickedly.”

2. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.

   “I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!”

3. (obsolete)A breech mechanism for a rifle.
4. A type of rifle using similar features.

   “Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal”

5. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of martini (a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth).

   “Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.”

   “They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.”

   “My father and mother drank Martini while I had orange juice.”

6. (countable, uncountable)A brand of Italian vermouth available in several versions, from the Martini & Rossi company.

name

1. A surname from Italian.