Apricot

Quick meaning: Apricot is a noun meaning The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

Meaning

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

More Meanings

1. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
2. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
3. (sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
4. Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
5. A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
6. (slang, UK, Australia, dated, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Example Sentences

pickled apricots

Hot water has always made my apricots sag.

I'd aim right for the apricot. The medulla. You'd die instantly.

Maybe before I die they'll have some sort of mechanical cock and balls because all of the steroids that I used, put my apricots and kielbasa out of commission.

Word Forms

• apricots
• apricock

Synonyms for apricot

Depending on context, synonyms include peach.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peach, aprium, plum, pluot, persimon, apple.

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