eggplant

noun

EG-plant/ˈɛɡ.plænt/UKEG-plahnt/ˈɛɡ.plɑːnt/

Pluraleggplants

4 meanings of eggplant

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nounAustraliaCanadaNew ZealandPhilippinesUScountable or uncountable
A shiny vegetable with smooth, dark purple skin that is cooked and eaten.
Shaped a little like a big egg, but purple.
She sliced the eggplant and fried it in olive oil.
Eggplant tastes great when roasted with garlic and salt.
Similaraubergine, brinjal
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nounCanadaUScountable or uncountable
A deep purple color, like the skin of the vegetable with the same name.
Like the dark purple skin of a ripe plum.
She painted her bedroom walls a rich eggplant.
His tie was a deep eggplant that matched her dress.
Similaraubergine
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nouncountable
A skating move where you flip upside down, spin halfway, and grab the ramp's top edge with your front hand.
Like balancing on one hand at the edge of the ramp while you spin halfway around.
He landed a clean eggplant on the big ramp.
Learning the eggplant took her weeks of practice.
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4
nounslangderogatoryoffensiveUScountable
A very offensive and insulting word for a Black person.
The bigoted shopkeeper called the boy an eggplant and turned him away.
Some of the older men still called their new neighbors eggplant, and the kids hated hearing it.
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Origin

It comes from 'egg' plus 'plant'. The name first meant only the white, egg-shaped kind.