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T-bone

//ˈtiːbəʊn// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A T-bone steak.

    "The barbecue was over. It had been a good one; drinks, charcoaled T-bones, rare, a green salad and Meg's special dressing."

  2. 2
    A vehicular collision of this kind.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of T-bone. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle. Canada, US, slang, transitive

    "Holmes, who was a lap ahead and in 6th spot, couldn’t avoid T-boning him and in the coming together they were both out."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of T-bone. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

Elliptical form of T-bone steak.

Etymology 2

From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹.

Etymology 3

From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹.

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