noun

grog

GRAHG/ɡrɑːɡ/

An alcoholic drink, especially rum mixed with water.

The mug holds grog made from the nearby rum and water.

A simple ingredient-and-drink still life: a bottle marked RUM, a clear water carafe, and a plain glass mug containing pale amber watered rum.

Etymology

grogEnglishnickname of Admiral Edward Vernon

The drink supposedly takes its name from “Old Grog,” an admiral nicknamed for his grogram cloak who ordered sailors’ rum diluted with water. The term later broadened to strong alcoholic drink generally.

In context

How To Drink1:40

the best solution it turned out was to mix the juice into liquor usually rum and produce grog

The Gimlet, a Cure for Scurvy | How to Drink

More examples

They serve warm grog on cold evenings.
He pours a little grog into his cup.
She declines the grog and asks for water instead.

Forms

grog

Similar words

liquor: Liquor names distilled spirits, not specifically rum mixed with water.
booze: Booze is an informal term for alcoholic drinks in general.