tiki bar
noun
a bar or restaurant that has a theme inspired by an exoticized combination of various Pacific Island cultures and usually serves elaborate rum cocktails.
tiki bars
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pluralof tiki bar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Patrons of its waterside tiki bars can dock their boats outside and drink barefoot, and those that live there year-round are on a first-name basis.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2022
“Green jade Chinese tiles are a fixture in tiki bars around the world. We wanted to use those,” Scott says.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
But slowly over the last decade, American cocktail bars have returned tiki drinks to their menus, while dedicated tiki bars, with hula skirt-clad tables and surf-rock soundtracks, are popping up at a consistent rate.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2019
Candid and outspoken, Rohde doesn’t speak the language of press releases; he intellectualizes every facet of theme park design, capable of riffing at length on, say, the history of tiki bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2017
Abbey perched on the bow, watching out for obstacles, while I tried to navigate by the lights of the shoreline: motels, mansions, RV parks, tiki bars.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
