Tonic
noun
A liquid medicine or drink that improves health and gives energy.
He drank a tonic every morning to boost his energy.
Often appears as...
- drink a tonic
- tonic water
adjective
Helps to make you feel healthier and more energetic.
She found the fresh air to be tonic.
Often appears as...
- tonic effect
- tonic properties
noun
A type of carbonated water that is used in alcoholic drinks.
She mixed her gin with tonic water.
Often appears as...
- gin and tonic
- tonic water
adjective
In music, of or relating to the first note of a scale.
The C chord is the tonic chord in the key of C Major.
Often appears as...
- tonic note
- tonic chord
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A liquid medicine or drink that improves health and gives energy.
He drank a tonic every morning to boost his energy.
Often appears as...
- drink a tonic
- tonic water
adjective
Helps to make you feel healthier and more energetic.
She found the fresh air to be tonic.
Often appears as...
- tonic effect
- tonic properties
noun
A type of carbonated water that is used in alcoholic drinks.
She mixed her gin with tonic water.
Often appears as...
- gin and tonic
- tonic water
adjective
In music, of or relating to the first note of a scale.
The C chord is the tonic chord in the key of C Major.
Often appears as...
- tonic note
- tonic chord
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Improves Health
Use it to describe something that makes you feel physically better.
This herbal tonic is great for digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Vitality Boost
Suggests a quick boost in energy or well-being, often temporary.
I need a tonic to get through this tiring day.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
Commonly used in health and wellness contexts or discussions.
This tonic supports immune system function.
Pro Tip 1/3Improves Health
Use it to describe something that makes you feel physically better.
This herbal tonic is great for digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Vitality Boost
Suggests a quick boost in energy or well-being, often temporary.
I need a tonic to get through this tiring day.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
Commonly used in health and wellness contexts or discussions.
This tonic supports immune system function.
Pro Tip 1/3Improves Health
Use it to describe something that makes you feel physically better.
This herbal tonic is great for digestion.
Pro Tip 2/3Vitality Boost
Suggests a quick boost in energy or well-being, often temporary.
I need a tonic to get through this tiring day.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
Commonly used in health and wellness contexts or discussions.
This tonic supports immune system function.
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
there he has an amazing set of data and this is doc and a pair of waders is his torsos out of the water is his lower half is in the water here holding on one of these lemon shark pups and he's holding it upside down and what's called tonic immobility where you can turn certain species of sharks upside down
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
glass of wine if you're a squirrel from the Cape Birds most people will have a gin and tonic and when they come at this time of this sort of nights and then you'll find that they kind of spend up at a time enjoying the sounds and so it's good when you having that to have a nice big booming
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The surprising reasons...
But most scientists call it tonic immobility, or TI. How and why TI occurs depends on the species and situation. Spewing stench and adopting odd postures are common and often play important roles. Other animals sacrifice their quail chicks that freeze while their kin run amok
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We Are What We Eat:...
they need that wood for cooking and for heating the house. The sea buckthorn has these berries on it that are easily gathered in winter when the berry are frozen. Because in summer if you take them, they break. The skin is too thin. Great heart tonic and lower cholesterol.
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The Secret Culture of...
they will move into these shallow mangroves and harbors and very deftly pick up a stingray they actually turn it upside down and essentially put it to sleep and something called tonic immobility which works with some species of sharks and rays if you
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Andrea Marshall: Queen...
extract their gill rakers to use in bogus Chinese medicinal tonic and even though this was really disturbing we were starting to say we're gonna fight back we're gonna use all the information that we've been ascertaining over the
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The Doctor is In PIPE...
mushroom tonic that's actually gonna be for boosting your immune e we're gonna make it fresh so I got kind of the recipe and all my jars you got ground-up Rasika mushroom right here one full tablespoon
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
I'm pretty sure that dykey would have come to have a drink if it hadn't been brass here there he is nice going on to the back of the car to see it and can't get himself a gin and tonic he's not
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
will leave us with powerful new templates to think about and grapple with, about the relative nature of risk, about transformative connections to home, and about the magnificent tonic
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What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
Video examples
Crucial Waters PIPE...
there he has an amazing set of data and this is doc and a pair of waders is his torsos out of the water is his lower half is in the water here holding on one of these lemon shark pups and he's holding it upside down and what's called tonic immobility where you can turn certain species of sharks upside down
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
glass of wine if you're a squirrel from the Cape Birds most people will have a gin and tonic and when they come at this time of this sort of nights and then you'll find that they kind of spend up at a time enjoying the sounds and so it's good when you having that to have a nice big booming
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
But most scientists call it tonic immobility, or TI. How and why TI occurs depends on the species and situation. Spewing stench and adopting odd postures are common and often play important roles. Other animals sacrifice their quail chicks that freeze while their kin run amok
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
they need that wood for cooking and for heating the house. The sea buckthorn has these berries on it that are easily gathered in winter when the berry are frozen. Because in summer if you take them, they break. The skin is too thin. Great heart tonic and lower cholesterol.
Video examples
The Secret Culture of...
they will move into these shallow mangroves and harbors and very deftly pick up a stingray they actually turn it upside down and essentially put it to sleep and something called tonic immobility which works with some species of sharks and rays if you
Video examples
Andrea Marshall: Queen...
extract their gill rakers to use in bogus Chinese medicinal tonic and even though this was really disturbing we were starting to say we're gonna fight back we're gonna use all the information that we've been ascertaining over the
Video examples
The Doctor is In PIPE...
mushroom tonic that's actually gonna be for boosting your immune e we're gonna make it fresh so I got kind of the recipe and all my jars you got ground-up Rasika mushroom right here one full tablespoon
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
I'm pretty sure that dykey would have come to have a drink if it hadn't been brass here there he is nice going on to the back of the car to see it and can't get himself a gin and tonic he's not
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
will leave us with powerful new templates to think about and grapple with, about the relative nature of risk, about transformative connections to home, and about the magnificent tonic
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Burning Spear
Jamaican Musician
I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.
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Ernie Pyle
American Journalist
In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory - there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else.
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Lolly Adefope
Much has been written on the subject of self-care, and what truly counts as such; one woman's double gin and tonic is another woman's culturally appropriated yoga retreat.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
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Joy Reid
American Journalist
The work of anti-racism can only take place inside each individual soul, where we all try to grow into better people. There is no national tonic or instant cure.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
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Naseeruddin Shah
Indian Actor
Granted, patriotism is not a tonic that can be forced down people's throats.
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June Allyson
American Actress
The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.
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Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Quote examples
Burning Spear
Jamaican Musician
I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.
Quote examples
Ernie Pyle
American Journalist
In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory - there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else.
Quote examples
Lolly Adefope
Much has been written on the subject of self-care, and what truly counts as such; one woman's double gin and tonic is another woman's culturally appropriated yoga retreat.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
The work of anti-racism can only take place inside each individual soul, where we all try to grow into better people. There is no national tonic or instant cure.
Quote examples
J. D. Vance
American Author
Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
Quote examples
Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
Quote examples
Naseeruddin Shah
Indian Actor
Granted, patriotism is not a tonic that can be forced down people's throats.
Quote examples
June Allyson
American Actress
The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.
Quote examples
Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
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