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Meanings of tonic water in English

Russian
тоник
Portuguese
água tónica de quinino
Spanish
aguakina
Catalan
tònica
Wikidata

Carbonated soft drink in which quinine is dissolved.

тоник
Portuguese
água tónica
Catalan
tònica

Lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine.

água tónica
Usage of tonic water in English
1
Now he sits with a can of ' tonic water' in front of him.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
2
The ice had almost all melted, making the tonic water taste like lemonade.
The Elephant Vanishes
3
Don't drink tonic water if you are taking an anticoagulant.
Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti...
4
Would you see firsthand what Sloop's tonic water can do for a man's vigor?
The half-made world
5
I'll pay the bartender to pour a bomb and make mine a tonic water.
Up in the air
6
Hao An studies his can of tonic water and can't think of anything to say.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
7
He detected no presence of alcohol, just tonic water.
Salvador strike
8
He remembered that it was in this chamber he must drink iced tonic water in quantity.
Mr. Prohack
9
Remember that tonic water isn't sugar-free or calorie-free.
Hungry girl: recipes and survival strategies for guilt-free eati...
10
Duke handed me my bag of tonic water.
Mooch
11
Creedmoor uncorked a bottle of Sloop's tonic water and swigged down a mouthful of the acrid stuff.
The half-made world
12
Holding a handkerchief over his nose, Wyndham loaded up on tonic water and a variety of other mixers.
Wastelands
13
I was dicing with death"; "My girlfriend was hit by a tidal wave of tonic water.
The Guardian
14
It wasn't just the pork pies that gave her that formidable stature: it was a surfeit of tonic water.
The Guardian
15
Creedmoor paid her what seemed to be a fair price for two bottles of her dead master's tonic water.
The half-made world
16
In 1845 the English astronomer Sir John Herschel noticed that a glass of tonic water has a slightly bluish tinge.
The Irish Times