Burrito
//bəˈɹiː.təʊ// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
- 2 a flour tortilla folded around a filling wordnet
Verb
- 1 To wrap someone or something up like a burrito. slang
"“You're stealing the blankets,” Zack complained, tugging at the duvet that, somehow, Aaron had completely burritoed himself in."
Synonyms
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More examples"I want a 7 layered burrito from Taco Bell."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish burrito, diminutive of burro (“donkey”), from burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). The food is so called because of its resemblance to a rolled up pack as typically carried by donkeys, making it an example of synecdoche.
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