tacos

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of taco.

   She filled the warm tacos with grilled chicken and fresh salsa.

   The food truck ran out of tacos before the lunch rush ended.

   Note

   The ordinary plural, made with a plain -s, carries more than the food. In US slang the same form can mean yellow sweat or deodorant stains in a shirt's armpits. It is also a slang word for the vulva, so take care with it in casual talk. The spelling is shared with the verb meaning 'folds in half', and only context tells the two apart.

2. 2
   verbslang

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of taco.

   Whenever he clips the curb at speed, he tacos the wheel beyond repair.

   The mechanic warns that a hard sideways impact tacos even a sturdy rim.

   Note

   Slang turned a food into a verb for damage: whatever tacos folds or buckles in half the way a tortilla does, as with a bent wheel rim. The verb works with or without an object. A sideways crash tacos the wheel, or the wheel simply tacos under load. It stays informal, so in careful writing prefer buckles or folds.

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