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onion

Definition

  • noun: a round vegetable that is usually white, yellow, or red and has a strong smell and taste
  • noun: a widely cultivated Asian herb ('Allium cepa') of the lily family with pungent edible bulbs

Examples

  • He is growing 'onions' in the garden this year.

  • The recipe calls for chopped 'onions'.

  • The recipe calls for chopped 'onion'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Come on. That's styIe, fIash, pizzazz. And a IittIe coke money doesn't hurt nobody. Look at this. F$cking onions. They ought to be picking goId from the street. There's two guys Iooking for you out there. That's him, man. That's . (..)
    1983 Scarface