toddy

2 definitions • 2 examples

a drink made of spirits (= strong alcoholic drink) mixed with hot water and sugar, sometimes with different flavours added:

After the swim in the icy water we all had a hot toddy to warm us up.

an alcoholic drink made from the sap (= the liquid inside a plant) of certain types of palm tree:

The local workers used to make palm toddy from the coconut palms.