mojito

noun

mo·​ji·​to mō-ˈhē-tō 

plural mojitos

: a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, lime juice, and soda water

Examples of mojito in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Signature cocktails include the royal colada and passion fruit mojito. —Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026

All of this is best enjoyed with a mojito or guava bellini in hand. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026

Bravo fans waiting to feel the rush with a new season of The Real Housewives of Miami might want to get comfy with a mojito, as the network has hit pause on the franchise, Deadline has learned. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026

Drinks like the Ramos gin fizz and mojito are time-consuming to make and can slow down service during busy times. —Christina Liao, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Cuban Spanish, diminutive of mojo mojo

Note: The unsuffixed word mojo is recorded in the sense "bebida compuesta de ron, azúcar, limón y agua gaseosa" ("drink consisting of rum, sugar, lemon y soda water") in Un catauro de cubanismos: apuntes lexicográficos (Havana: 1923) by the Cuban essayist and scholar Fernando Ortiz, a collection originally published a year earlier in the journal Revista bimestre cubana.

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mojito

• bonito
• burrito
• capito
• mosquito
• negrito
• incognito
• peto
• veto