daiquiri

American  

[dahy-kuh-ree, dak-uh-] / ˈdaɪ kə ri, ˈdæk ə- /

noun

daiquiris plural

1. a cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, often with the addition of fruit and ice and mixed in an electric blender.

   a frozen banana daiquiri.

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daiquiri British  

/ ˈdaɪkɪrɪ, ˈdæk- /

noun

1. an iced drink containing rum, lime juice, and syrup or sugar

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• daiquiris
  plural

Etymology

Origin of daiquiri

First recorded in 1915–20; named after Daiquirí, town on the east coast of Cuba

Example Sentences

Struggling to follow the rules as they were presented to us: work hard, fly straight, die on the beach with a daiquiri in hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Cook had long been dreaming of being on a beach in Tunisia with a strawberry daiquiri.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

Less than two years later he was on “Dancing With the Stars” dressed like a frozen daiquiri, looking for salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

The vans stopped everywhere from giant meat-processing plants to a chicken and daiquiri restaurant.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

The elegant young man spilled his daiquiri on his bottle-green velvet jacket.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole