bacon
noun
- Cured and smoked pork belly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.kən/
name
Etymology: * As an English and French surname, from the noun bacon. * Also as an English, French, and Norman surname, from the Germanic personal name *Bahho, from Proto-Germanic *bēganą (“to fight”).
- A surname.
“The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure.”
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noun
Etymology: From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”). Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”). (police): Extension of pig (“police”).
- Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
“They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.”
“It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.”
- Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
- Thin slices of the above in long strips.
“As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.”
- The police or spies.
“Run! It's the bacon!”
- Road rash.
- A saucisse.