daiquiri
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈdaɪkəri/
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daiquirí
- "I want a daiquiri," I said.
- a strawberry daiquiri
- a frozen daiquiri
- a banana daiquiri
It makes me think of pina coladas and daiquiris.
- It makes me think of pina coladas and daiquiris.
- It's not really that you got hookah wine, daiquiris, salmon bites, stripping grits.
Examples
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Get me another daiquiri.
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Did you have a daiquiri tonight?
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Oh, and will you get me a daiquiri, with honey?
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Does a daiquiri sound good?
Fiction book (1990) -
I ordered you a daiquiri.
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I would like a banana daiquiri, please.
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Bob is standing up in front of them with a banana daiquiri in his hand.
Fiction book (1996) -
She orders her usual: a daiquiri, which she will nurse through the entire dinner.
Fiction book (2001) -
Have a frozen daiquiri.
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I would like a daiquiri, please.
Synonyms
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3.3
A cold sweet drink with rum and crushed strawberries, often blended
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7.1
A sweet cocktail made with rum, lime or lemon juice and sugar
A drink made with rum mixed with lime and other sweet or sour ingredients
A mixed drink of rum, sugar, water, often with lemon juice
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word daiquiri comes from a place in Cuba called Daiquirí, where people first mixed local rum with lime and sugar as a cool drink. That's why a daiquiri today is a chilled rum-and-lime cocktail.