burritos

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of burrito.

   The caterers wrapped dozens of burritos for the office party.

   Steaming burritos lined the counter, each stuffed with rice and beans.

   Note

   The ordinary English plural: a bare -s on the vowel ending, with no -es and no change to the stem, so one burrito, two burritos. The same spelling also serves the slang verb form, so context does the sorting. In "she orders burritos" it is food. In "she burritos the baby" it is wrapping.

2. 2
   verbslang

   Third-person singular simple present of burrito.

   The nurse gently burritos each newborn to keep it warm and calm.

   Whenever it rains, the cat burritos itself in the corner of the throw blanket.

   Note

   A slang verb conjugated like any regular one: she burritos, they burrito, the cat will burrito itself. It always takes an object, the thing being wrapped, and when wrapper and wrapped are the same it turns reflexive. Its slang standing carries over from the base verb, so it suits casual talk about babies, pets and blankets rather than formal prose.

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