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tiki tour

tiki tour noun: a tour that visits the attractions or points of interest in an area.

Noun (1)

tiki tour (plural tiki tours)

  1. (New Zealand) A tour that visits the attractions or points of interest in an area.
    • No-one ventured to the Bluff or Toronui, but a van resembling a sardine tin went on a tiki tour of the huge Waipoura kauris.1990, Tane: The Journal of the Auckland University Field Club - Volume 32 (1967-90), page 185
    • He crossed the street to investigate further. The soldiers looked up at him, with friendly grins and said things like, “Takin' the tiki tour, mate?2008, Allan Cole, Lucky in Cyprus, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Tiki Tour

Tiki Tour (plural Tiki Tours)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of tiki tour.
    • After the later start, they decided against more sight seeing in favour of what Pip called, a Tiki Tour of the area, a kiwi term for a compact tour of an area.2010, Lynne Scott, Shadows of the Dance, →ISBN, page 144
    • After a while The Laird takes the little ones to bed and Adrian and I share holiday stories. “I went on a two-week Tiki Tour and ended up in Wellington,” he tells me.2012, Marina de Nadous, The Celestial Sea: A sacred romance and moral quest, →ISBN

Noun (3) capitalized: Tiki tour

Tiki tour (plural Tiki tours)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of tiki tour.
    • This was a Tiki tour, run for the Government Tourist Bureau by Road Services, which is an operation of NZ Government Railways.1976, Colin Simpson, Wake Up to New Zealand, page 27
    • Liz's vowels have sat in a few places and can still sound like a bit of a Tiki tour in a single sentence.2004, Landfall - Issue 207, page 10

Forms of tiki tour

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Origin of tiki tour

Genericized trademark from Tiki Tours, the brand name of a sight-seeing company.

Questions about tiki tour

What does tiki tour mean?
Tiki tour means a tour that visits the attractions or points of interest in an area.
What part of speech is tiki tour?
Tiki tour is a noun.
What is the plural of tiki tour?
The plural of tiki tour is tiki tours.

Words near tiki tour in the dictionary

  1. tiki culture
  2. tiki restaurant
  3. tiki restaurants
  4. tiki torch
  5. tiki torches
  6. tiki tour
  7. tiki tours
  8. tiki-taka
  9. tiki-tour
  10. tiki-tours
  11. tikinagan

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