Eggplant

/ˈɛɡ.plænt/ · noun

Meaning

(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine..

Definitions by Sense

1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
2. (US, Canada) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
3. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
4. (skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.

Example Sentences

Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”

Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.

"Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.

What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant."

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• eggplants
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