Molotov Cocktail Definition
noun
A crude grenade consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, etc. and wrapped in a saturated rag or plugged with a wick: it is ignited and hurled.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- gasoline bomb
- petrol-bomb
Other Word Forms of Molotov Cocktail
Noun
Singular:
Molotov cocktail
Plural:
molotov-cocktailsOrigin of Molotov Cocktail
Translation of Finnish Molotovin koktaili after Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (so called because Finnish soldiers used such bombs against Soviet tanks during the 1939–1940 Soviet invasion of Finland, which began after Molotov announced Soviet demands for the annexation of certain Finnish territories)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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