burrito

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  1. noun A flour tortilla wrapped around a filling, as of beef, beans, or cheese.

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  • I imagined Jerry rolled up like a burrito, his white body wrapped around the dark ingredients of his soul. —  Meredith Blevins - [Szabo 01] - The Hummingbird Wizard
  • And with good cause 11 I stopped at a tacqueria on Mission Street and bought a beef burrito, then went back to All Souls. —  dummy5
  • Taco Bell has a "green" burrito, which is really spicy and good. —  WordPress.com News
  • Dinner for two -- which included a burrito, a taco trio, and chips and salsa plus fountain drinks -- totaled $19.51, including a dollar tossed in the countertop tip jar.
  • The great thing about a burrito is that a creative mind can come up with just about anything to wrap up in that gigantic tortilla.
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  1. American Spanish, from Spanish, diminutive of burro, burro; see burro.

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  1. Spanish, so called from its grunting noise; diminutive of burro, a donkey.
 

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/buˈritoʊ/
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