plural poi or pois
Examples of poi in a Sentence
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At that same moment, back near the soundboard, a handful of woodland raver types were twirling the latest in glowstick technology in chemiluminescent figure-eights, proving, perhaps for the first time ever, that circle-pitting and LED poi are not mutually exclusive practices.
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Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
There are no tiki drinks or recipes for kalua pork or poi.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
The Italian literary critic Pietro Citati, author of superb studies of Goethe, Kafka, and Proust, published a novel in 1989 called Storia prima felice, poi dolentissima e funesta (Happy at First, But Very Sad and Tragic at the End).
—John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
What to Do Stroll along postcard-perfect Waikiki Beach to admire the hula dancers and poi spinners, or take a dip in the warm water, which hovers around 77 degrees in the winter and 82 degrees in the summer.
—Sunset Magazine, 21 Mar. 2020
Taro farmers across the islands have sent poi to feed the protesters, in solidarity.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
Pre-show activities include grinding taro root (the chief ingredient in poi), making bracelets from fresh flowers, and getting temporary tattoos.
—Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
The perfect taro is heavy and dense and mashes into smooth poi.
—Washington Post, 28 May 2018
Dinner is a pig roast, roasted pineapple, Hawaiian poi and tuna poke.
—Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
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Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
There are no tiki drinks or recipes for kalua pork or poi.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
The Italian literary critic Pietro Citati, author of superb studies of Goethe, Kafka, and Proust, published a novel in 1989 called Storia prima felice, poi dolentissima e funesta (Happy at First, But Very Sad and Tragic at the End).
—John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
What to Do Stroll along postcard-perfect Waikiki Beach to admire the hula dancers and poi spinners, or take a dip in the warm water, which hovers around 77 degrees in the winter and 82 degrees in the summer.
—Sunset Magazine, 21 Mar. 2020
Taro farmers across the islands have sent poi to feed the protesters, in solidarity.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
Pre-show activities include grinding taro root (the chief ingredient in poi), making bracelets from fresh flowers, and getting temporary tattoos.
—Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
The perfect taro is heavy and dense and mashes into smooth poi.
—Washington Post, 28 May 2018
Dinner is a pig roast, roasted pineapple, Hawaiian poi and tuna poke.
—Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
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Word History
Etymology
Hawaiian & Samoan
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
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poi
noun
plural poi or pois
: a Hawaiian food made of cooked taro root pounded to a paste and often fermented
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