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Definition: Daiquiri |
DaiquiriNoun1. Rum and lime or lemon juice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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The name Daiquirí is also the name of a beach near Santiago, Cuba, and a iron mine in that area. It is said that the cocktail was invented by an engineer that worked in that very mine, which explains the origin of the cocktail's name.
Daiquirí Natural is the basic mix, that serves as the starting point to the more complex cocktails of the family:
Daiquiri Natural
Mix the ingredients in a shaker and serve.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Daiquiri."
Synonym: DaiquiriSynonym: rum cocktail (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Daiquiri |
| English words defined with "daiquiri": NADA daiquiri ♦ strawberry daiquiri. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Daiquiri" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (daiquiri), Italian (daiquiri), Portuguese (daiquiri). |
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Screenplays | We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
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 | Anchored in a harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service. Known initially as Herreshoff Hull 317, this pleasure craft was taken over by the Navy on 17 September 1917 and placed in commission as USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) on 2 October 1917. She was sold on 10 March 1920. Credit: NAVY. |  | At anchor prior to her World War I Navy service. One of nine 62'4" boats built by Herreshoff, of Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for Naval service, and known initially as Herreshoff Hull 316, this craft was taken over by the Navy and placed in commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo (SP-1284). She was transferred to the Treasury Department on 22 November 1919. This photograph, in which the name "Kangaroo" is faintly visible on the boat's pilothouse, was also used on the contemporary "SP" record cards of two sisters: Daiquiri (SP-1285) and War Bug (SP-1795). Credit: NAVY. |
 | In port during World War I. Built in 1917 by Greenport Basin & Construction Company, Greenport, Long Island, and originally called Greenport Hull 288, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 3 May 1917 and commissioned on 3 October 1917. She was sold on 5 August 1921. Patrol No. 10 was similar to two boats built for Russia and taken over by the U.S. Navy, Hetman (SP-1150) and Russ (SP-1151), ex Greenport Hull 277 and Greenport Hull 278. The superstructure of USS Patrol No. 6 (SP-54) is visible in the left background. The boat at far right, with numbers on her bow, is USS Daiquiri (SP-1285). Credit: NAVY. |  | The beginning of debarkation of troops at Daiquiri. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shelling the woods before landing the troops at Daiquiri. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Landing supplies at Daiquiri. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Horses swimming ashore at landing at Daiquiri. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Landing of the American Army at Daiquiri. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Blender; blending; blended; blends; motor; Cuisinart; whirl; whirling; chop; chopping; mix; mixing; liquefy; liquefying; daiquiri; margarita; blended drink; cocktail; pina colada. |
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| "Daiquiri" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Daiquiri" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (plural) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
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Expressions using "daiquiri": NADA daiquiri ♦ strawberry daiquiri. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "daiquiri"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dakiri. (various references) | |
German | Daiquiri. (various references) | |
Hungarian | koktél rumból, cukorból és citromléből. (various references) | |
Italian | daiquiri. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aiquiriday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | daiquiri. (various references) | |
Turkish | votka ve limonlu koktely, rom ve limonlu koktely. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "daiquiri": daiquiris. (additional references) | |
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"Daiquiri" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adikari, Adikibi, dacquiri, daiguiri, daiquri, daquiri, darique. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-i-q-r-u" | |
-3 letters: radii. | |
-4 letters: arid, dura, irid, qaid, quad, quai, quid, raid. | |
-5 letters: aid, air, dui, qua, rad, ria, rid, urd. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-i-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: daiquiris. | |
+5 letters: disequilibria, quasiperiodic. | |
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