English

Alternative forms

• gorilka
• ghorilka

Noun

horilka ‎(countable and uncountable, plural horilkas)

1. Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
   • 1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, p 32:

     In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.

Usage notes

This is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English, usually italicized.

Synonyms

• brandy
• corn-brandy
• vodka
• whisky, whiskey

Related terms

• gorelka
• gorzałka

Translations

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:horilka. See also Citations:gorelka.