What does "bacon" mean?
Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
Bacon
/ˈbeɪ.kən/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
- Grammar: bacon is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings.
- Useful contrasts: poverty, unemployment, vegetable.
- Usage evidence: After having fought many hard battles, we were able to bring home the bacon and set up a new government.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. uncountable, usually
"They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before."
- 2 back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried wordnet
- 3 Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.; Such meat from the belly specifically. sometimes, uncountable, usually
- 4 Thin slices of the above in long strips. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 5 The police or spies. derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually
"Run! It's the bacon!"
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- 6 Road rash. slang, uncountable, usually
- 7 A saucisse. archaic, uncountable, usually
Proper Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Orange County, Indiana.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Vernon County, Missouri.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.
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- 6 A village in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast.
Synonyms
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Example
"After having fought many hard battles, we were able to bring home the bacon and set up a new government."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bacon"?
Common synonyms include: butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, cured pork, earnings.
How do you use "bacon" in a sentence?
After having fought many hard battles, we were able to bring home the bacon and set up a new government.
How do you pronounce "bacon"?
Pronounced /ˈbeɪ.kən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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”).
Etymology 2
* 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”).