plural mai tais
: a cocktail made with rum, curaçao, orgeat, lime, and fruit juices

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Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar owes a debt to Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood and Trader Vic’s in Oakland — the rival Tiki bars that gave birth to the pop culture movement in the mid-1930s and both lay claim to creating the mai tai cocktail. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025 Wiki wiki mai tai mix, lime, club soda *contains nuts Reach food and dining reporter Amanda Hancock at ahancock@courier-journal.com. Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025 Woodman’s mai tai contest win came with a cash prize of $15,000. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025 Dig your toes in the sand while sipping a mai tai and munching on the restaurant’s famous Bimini Bread with Aruba Glaze and whipped honey butter. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mai tai

Word History

Etymology

Tahitian maitai good

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mai tai was in 1961

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“Mai tai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mai%20tai. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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