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tuna

Definition

  • noun: a large fish that lives in the ocean and is eaten as food
  • noun: any of various flat-jointed prickly pears (genus 'Opuntia')
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: tunny, tuna fish

Examples

  • We ordered grilled/blackened 'tuna' for dinner.

  • canned/fresh 'tuna'

  • a 'tuna' casserole

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ... how do the machines really know what Tastee Wheat tasted like? Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe what I think Tastee Wheat tasted like, actually tasted like ... ... oatmeal or tuna fish. That makes you wonder. Take chicken, for example. Maybe they didn't know what to make it taste like ... (..)
    1999 The Matrix