mojito
[moh-hee-toh]
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noun
a cocktail made with rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint.
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- moivre, abraham de,
- mojarra,
- mojave,
- mojave desert,
- moji,
- mojo,
- mokapu,
- moke,
- mokha,
- moki
Origin of mojito
1930–35; < American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish mojo orange sauce or marinade < mojar to make wet
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Examples from the Web for mojito
I order a mojito, and we smoke some cigars and watch the crowd of stylish, late-twenty-somethings mingling poolside.
When Galliano sat down next to them afterward, he noted, a waitress came quickly with a mojito for the famous designer.
mojito
noun plural -tos
Word Origin for mojito
C20: Spanish, diminutive of mojo wet
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