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

The vape smells like a mojito that’s gone a bit sour. —Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025

Energize yourself with an afternoon pick-me-up from Kesh Cup and grab a coffee, smoothie, or mojito to-go. —Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025

People had seen Nour’s Cafe’s Instagram post advertising a specialty drink: fluffy pink cotton candy clouds atop colorful, nonalcoholic mojitos. —Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025

Expect the typical mojitos and margaritas but also special cocktails like the Cacao Negroni, with Mijenta Reposado, Cascara vermouth, Campari and Creme de Cacao. —Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025

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