mojito
noun
mo·ji·to mō-ˈhē-tō 
plural mojitos
: a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, lime juice, and soda water
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Tonic water is most famous for its use in gin and tonic, while club soda is used in drinks like a mojito or a Tom Collins, according to MasterClass. 
Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 More of a beer cocktail, the drink is muddled with mint leaves and fresh lime and served over ice, like a mojito. Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 12 May 2021 The companies hope to target those who like to host parties but don’t want to stock a bar, don’t know how to make drinks or would rather push a button than spend time putting together a mojito. Joseph Pisani, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2020 Blueberry mojito popsicles are just the tip of the educational-opportunity iceberg. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2020 The restaurant offers a combination of standard restaurant fare (steak and pizza) and Indonesian dishes (chicken satay and beef redang) and a good mango mojito. Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020 Using the Highclere Castle Gin, Lady Carnarvon plans to fix herself a gin mojito. Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2020 Also on the menu are a few classic tropical drinks including a mai tai and a mojito. Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020 For live music and drinks, Sia Kara does not disappoint (especially with its mango mojito). Kristin Braswell, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020 See More
Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022 More of a beer cocktail, the drink is muddled with mint leaves and fresh lime and served over ice, like a mojito. Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 12 May 2021 The companies hope to target those who like to host parties but don’t want to stock a bar, don’t know how to make drinks or would rather push a button than spend time putting together a mojito. Joseph Pisani, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2020 Blueberry mojito popsicles are just the tip of the educational-opportunity iceberg. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2020 The restaurant offers a combination of standard restaurant fare (steak and pizza) and Indonesian dishes (chicken satay and beef redang) and a good mango mojito. Debra Bruno, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020 Using the Highclere Castle Gin, Lady Carnarvon plans to fix herself a gin mojito. Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2020 Also on the menu are a few classic tropical drinks including a mai tai and a mojito. Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020 For live music and drinks, Sia Kara does not disappoint (especially with its mango mojito). Kristin Braswell, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020 See More 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