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apricot

noun

  1. cultivated fruit
  2. a moderate, light, or strong orange to strong orange-yellow
  3. a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) that produces apricots
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ / /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɑt/ / /ˈæp.ɹɪ.kɑt/

adj

Etymology: Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”). Doublet of precocious.

  1. Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

noun

Etymology: Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”). Doublet of precocious.

  1. A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.

    “pickled apricots”

  2. The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
  3. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
  4. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
  5. The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.

    “Seven hundred and seventy-eight yards, though I didn't know the exact measurement at the time, plus the fact that the bullet ripped through the victim's apricot tipped me to the fact that we were probably dealing with an experienced sniper.”

    “I'd aim right for the apricot. The medulla. You'd die instantly.”

  6. A testicle.

    “Hot water has always made my apricots sag.”

    “Maybe before I die they'll have some sort of mechanical cock and balls because all of the steroids that I used, ^([sic]) put my apricots and kielbasa out of commission.”