Banana

Quick meaning: Banana is a noun meaning An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

Meaning

An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
2. (Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect
3. (sports) A banana kick.
4. (nuclear physics) A banana equivalent dose.
5. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
6. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
7. (slang) The penis.

Example Sentences

Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.

I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.

Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.

He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.

Word Forms

• bananas

Synonyms for banana

Depending on context, synonyms include Twinkie.

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