sour  /ˈsaʊ ər/ ? Meaning of "sour"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
  2. (n) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
  3. (n) the property of being acidic
  4. (v) go sour or spoil
  5. (v) make sour or more sour
  6. (adj) smelling of fermentation or staleness
  7. (adj) having a sharp biting taste
  8. (adj) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
  9. (adj) in an unpalatable state
  10. (adj) inaccurate in pitch
  11. (adj) showing a brooding ill humor

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  • But these drinks, in flavors like sour plum and kumquat-lemon and sipped through an extra-wide straw, are the latest fad beverage on the West Coast.
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