Definition of "bitters" [bit•ters]

• A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped, (can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks). (noun)

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• "We are human beings, and as such a handshake or a hug or the experience of sharing a bag of BBQ-chicken-flavoured potato crisps over a tankard of bitters is simply not fungible with anything else on this planet."
• "The resurgence in Italian bitters - liqueurs with a sweet-sour flavour profile - has prompted experimentation behind the bar at places like CinCin."
• "They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs."