Main Entry: Mo·lo·tov cocktail

Pronunciation: \ˈmä-lə-ˌtȯf-, ˈmȯ-, ˈmō-, -ˌtȯv-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Vyacheslav M. Molotov

Date: 1940

: a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled