It was neat and clean, the smell of paint and thinners taking over from the smell of straw and apples.No scars, the nails neat and clean, shorter than Brampton's.It looked neat and clean from the outside and the curtains were freshly washed.Already a six-footer, he is noted for keeping his uniform neat and clean, and for excellence in sports.So whenever the board arrived, of course, the children were always neat and clean.Inside, the medium-weight bracing is in the traditional Martin X-pattern and everything looks neat and clean.I was not a great waitress, but I was neat and clean.Her bed and bedside table were always neat and clean.Their apartment was always neat and clean.Taking up a sport is a neat way of meeting new people, and it's good for you too.Dole has to go negative without seeming negative, a neat trick.I bought a neat tool for carving wood.A few neat steps, a well-choreographed move and they claimed one back.A whiskey neat is usually two ounces, not chilled, poured directly into a NEAT. Whiskey is a very common spirit to drink neat, but that’s different from a shot. A neat drink is a pure spirit, poured into a glass with no other ingredients added, not even ice. Two paths crossed the rectangular field, forming a neat St Andrew's Cross of down-trodden grass. What is Neat Drinking a spirit neat is the most straight-forward.Mrs Woodie cut the sandwiches in neat squares.It's a complicated problem, and there's no neat solution.They were part of another life, neat signals towards its ending.At the Penta the porters had worked out a neat scam with the airline crews who regularly booked into the hotel.His jackets were arranged in a neat row in the closet.He put his clothes in a neat pile on the bed.

I met some really neat people at the conference.

Billy's cottage was set back off the road, behind a neat little hedge.

Jim and I need more time together away from the kids, so we came up with this neat idea of meeting after work.

One of our designers has come up with a neat idea for storing computer disks.

An man in a neat gray suit sat on the other side of the bar.

I like to see everything looking neat and tidy.

Draw a rough diagram - it doesn't have to be very neat.

He was about fifty-five, short, sturdy, and very neat.

She had been waiting there all night, but she still looked neat.

'Why don't we go to the beach!'' 'Yeah that sounds really neat.''.

neatness noun Examples from the Corpus neat The problem was neatly summed up by one of the teachers. drinking neat whisky - neatly adverb He wrote his name neatly at the bottom of the page. a neat summary of the main issues 6 drinks DFD DRINK especially British English a neat alcoholic drink has no ice or water or any other liquid added SYN straight I can’t drink brandy neat. ► see thesaurus at good 4 small something that is neat is small and attractive her small, neat features 5 clever INTELLIGENT formal a neat way of doing or saying something is simple but clever and effective In the end we found a very neat solution to the problem. I liked working for him – he was a neat guy. 3 good American English spoken GOOD/EXCELLENT very good, pleasant, or enjoyable That’s a really neat idea. ► see thesaurus at tidy 2 liking things tidy TIDY someone who is neat likes to keep things tidy I’ve always been quite neat.

She arranged the books in a nice neat pile. Everything in the house was neat and tidy. S2 adjective 1 tidy TIDY tidy and carefully arranged neat handwriting His clothes were always neat and clean.Say: “Ketel One straight up,” for a chilled vodka and Vermouth, or “Wild Turkey straight up,” for a Bourbon neat.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Drink neat neat / niːt / ‘Straight up’ can be used to mean the same as ‘neat’ when it comes to spirits usually drunk at room temperature, but is also used interchangeable with ‘up’ if it’s understood that it’s a drink meant to be served cold.

What it is: Here’s where the confusion begins. What it is: An alcoholic drink stirred or shaken with ice, and then strained into a stemmed cocktail glass. Usually used on Whiskey or Brandy, both commonly drunk at room temperature. What it is: Two ounces of a single spirit served in an old-fashioned glass that’s meant to be sipped-no chilling, no ice or any other mixers. Some liquors, like blended Scotches, gin and high-proof Bourbon benefit from the chilling and dilution that ice gives to open up its flavors and aromas. What it is: A spirit or a cocktail that is poured over ice cubes in a straight-walled, flat-bottomed glass. Say: “Two shots of Tequila with lime and salt, please.” What it is: A liquor served in a small shot glass without ice toss it back all at once.

Scotch neat meaning