mo·ji·to  (mō-hē'tō)  n. pl. mo·ji·tos An alcoholic drink made of rum, sugar, lime juice, crushed mint leaves, soda water, and shaved ice. [Cuban Spanish, from Spanish mojo, sauce (often containing lime juice in Cuba), from mojar, to moisten, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, to soften by wetting; see moil.] |