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boba

boba

2 5.6
A sweet tea drink with chewy tapioca balls served cold
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊbə/
translation icon : boba
  • To me, Taro boba tastes like buttered popcorn, Jelly bellies.
  • boba tea

I think you know boba, but I've never had one.

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Examples

  • And I just drank a boba tea for the first first time.

  • You're gonna drink boba tea.

  • I think it's 'cause I fed him some boba tea, which is probably not good.

  • And a green tea boba.

  • I came here to drink boba and kick butt, and I am all out of boba.

  • Isn't that a boba drink?

  • Rabbit always puts a ton of boba in here it's delish.

  • It was the boba, wasn't it?

  • It has a mango Peach black tea, and I have this because I really like fruity boba more than Milky boba.

  • I ordered a large boba tea with extra tapioca balls for my afternoon refreshment.

How Sweet

dessert wine
1 3.7
boba
2 5.6
cambric tea
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

boba singular
bobas plural

Etymology

Boba comes from Taiwan, where the drink was invented, and one popular story says it comes from the Chinese word bōbà which suggested something 'big' like a large pearl in the tea. So boba now names the sweet, tea-based drink that includes those chewy 'pearls'.