Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Hog's flesh, especially the back and sides, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke.
- n. Pork.
- n. 3. A hog; hence, a grossly fat person.
- n. 4. A rustic; a clown: in allusion to the fact that swine's flesh was the meat chiefly eaten by the rural population.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- n. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
- n. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
Etymologies
- From Middle English bacon ("meat from the back and sides of a pig"), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun ("ham, flitch, strip of lard"), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhAg- (“back, buttocks”). Cognate with Old High German bahho, bacho ("back, ham, side of bacon") (compare Alemannic German Bache, Bachen), Old Saxon baco ("back"), Dutch bake ("side of bacon, ham"), Old English bæc ("back"). More at back. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And I packed it cram full, and took along the old tin bread-box, as well, with pancake flour and dried fruit and an extra piece of bacon -- and _bacon_ it is now called in this shack, for I have positively forbidden”
“\ "CA\" bacon = Item. new \ "Chunky bacon\", 42 o. add_item bacon, 1 o. tax (fake_calculator). should”
“\ "CA\" bacon = Item. new \ "Chunky bacon\", 42 o. add_item bacon, 1”
“*ai lub you, ai lub bacon, ai lub you, ai lub bacon*”
I no wanna go to da fancee partee, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“\ "should add tax onto the total\" do o = Order. new \ "CA\" bacon = Item. new \ "Chunky bacon\",”
“June 17, 2010 at 5:13 pm naw, it’s the bacon itseff, just………..bacon………*sigh*”
I no wanna go to da fancee partee, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“\ "CA\"). and_return 3.26 o = Order. new \ "CA\" bacon = Item. new \ "Chunky bacon\", 42 o. add_item bacon, 1 o. tax (fake_calculator). should = = 3.26 end end”
“Trout wrapped in bacon is a gastronomic trope, but trout's delicate flavor is easily masked, Mr. Oringer says.”
“When this routine is disturbed by the Limping Man - who inexplicably throws a fit whenever he hears the word "bacon" - wacky and unsettling developments ensue.”
The Washington Post: 1st Stage's 'Fuddy Meers': Long on laughs, short on meaning
“I kind of like knowing the bacon is applewood smoked, I much prefer it to ordinary bacon.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bacon’.
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The words piano and sister may not appear on this list. It all started on flaming piano.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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• Wordies talk about themselves
Sometimes users are also persons.
llogos, peter stickles, old age, 39, insomnia, frown of approval, chuck norris, ovular, gay, fencing, rabbits, seven empty cups ... and 137 more...
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SECOND LETTER A
Words in which the second letter is A
Aa, AAA, Baba, Babe, Babel, AAAA, tangential, baby, bach, back, bad, bade and 90 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Swine
For more aporkalyptic fun, see madmouth's Everything's better with a pig in it.
For "references to the Dursleys in Wizard People, Dear Reader, Brad Neely's cosmos-shattering voiceover ...swine, pig, hog, boar, pork, pork bellies, hog cholera, swineherd, pigsty, swine flu, oink, pig in a blanket and 188 more...
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Meat Parts: the Cuts, the Innards, an...
T-bone - Sounds good!
Shoulder - Alright.
Liver - Fine.
Sweetbread - Okay.
Gizzard - Pushing it.
Brains - What?!wing, wedge bone sirloin, veal, umbles, tri-tip, tripe, triangle steak, tournedo, top sirloin, top loin, tongue, thigh and 147 more...
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Top 500 Shower Curtains
Favorite designs for shower curtains. Inspired by the list Top 500 SAT Words Shower Curtain by jwjarvis.
goldfish, tan stripes, blue stripes, bubbles, map of the world, postcard holder, bacon, mariachis, sushi, palm fronds, periodic table of..., blue circles and 283 more...
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Hence
Words with definitions that have a "hence" in them.
hanger, Deet, tripe, spindlelegs, fiddle, store, pluck, snap, villain, link, comedy, particular and 410 more...
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Meat
sausage, pepperoni, pork chop, ham, tongue, fricandeau, veal, tenderloin, mutton, boeuf, terefah, gammon and 33 more...
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The Sweet Smell of...
Things that smell good.
rain, rose, cinnamon, clove, jasmine, apple, sandalwood, rexo, bamboo, bacon, maple, eucalyptus and 36 more...
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redditum vocabularum
Words sometimes have a different meaning on reddit.
trees, ents, bacon?redditor, ent, tree, trees, bacon, upvote, downvote, gold, reddit, subreddit, AMA, IAMA and 14 more...
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Bacon
bacon, Bacon, Bacon! Bacon! Bacon!, Francis Bacon, Canadian bacon, baconalia, bacon Coliseum ep..., Billy Bacon & the..., Billy Bacon and h..., green bacon, fresh bacon, turkey bacon and 73 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bacon.
Dan337 Expanding on whichbe’s suggestion, see also
http://bacolicio.us/http://www.wordnik.com/words/bacon
and, of course,
http://bacolicio.us/http://bacolicio.us/ Sep 19, 2011
PossibleUnderscore I could be wrong...but isn't America coming out with bacon-flavoured jam? Dec 31, 2009
whichbe http://bacolicio.us Dec 31, 2009
reesetee Wow. That's...something. Dec 31, 2009
jennarenn I may cry happy diamond tears.... Dec 31, 2009
hernesheir Bacon caramels! Dec 29, 2009
reesetee Ha! Jul 9, 2009
chained_bear Seen here, "deep-fried, bacon-wrapped bacon sprinkled on pork chops." (Runners-up: smearable beef packets, kielbasa chutney, squeeze-bottled chicken, bologna sherbet, and ham brulée.) Jul 6, 2009
jimithekewl Two remarkable men glorify that patronymic. Roger and Francis. Feb 4, 2009
chained_bear *runs through, looking around for narwhal, does not see* Aug 27, 2008
reesetee Well, tell her to give us that bacon doughnut recipe we asked for. ;-) Sep 25, 2007
jennarenn At a recent family wedding, one of the uncles let slip that my mom, the health nut, knows how to make doughnuts from scratch. She's been holding out on us all these years. Sep 24, 2007
reesetee That's a doughnut? It looks like a cruise missile! Sep 24, 2007
trivet If you're ever in Portland, OR, you should go to Voodoo Doughnut for the bacon doughnut... Sep 24, 2007
reesetee Yum! Sounds as good as those baloney & grape jelly sandwiches I used to make. :-) Sep 24, 2007
uselessness Bacon chocolate cake. Sep 24, 2007
jennarenn That *is* impressive. May 8, 2007
uselessness Good chef? Nah, she just knows bacon. Well, she's a better chef than me. But I burn water. May 8, 2007
jennarenn Your mom may just be a really good chef. My mom always baked our bacon in a two-level pan so it was less fattening. I didn't discover properly-fried bacon until college. May 8, 2007
uselessness The heaven-factor is restricted to a tiny margin between the thresholds of too squishy and too crispy. Get it right, and yes, heaven. But few can get it right. That or I'm just one picky dude. May 7, 2007
jennarenn Heaven on a plate. May 6, 2007