bacon

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5
Pronunciation
/ˈbeɪ.kən/

Definition of bacon

12 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
    “They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.”
    “It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.”
    “For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.”
    “Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
    “They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before.”
    “It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you.”
    “For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end / Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend.”
    “Bacon is something that everybody is familiar with and most people grew up eating. It has a comfort aspect to it and a familiarity. It's also got an addictive aspect to it - that sweet and salty combination of flavors. And it's probably just a little bit unhealthy for you. When you get to have bacon, it's exciting and something you look forward to.”
  2. (sometimes, uncountable, usually)Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
  3. (uncountable, usually)Thin slices of the above in long strips.
    “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.”
  4. (derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually)The police or spies.
    “Run! It's the bacon!”
  5. (slang, uncountable, usually)Road rash.
  6. (archaic, uncountable, usually)A saucisse.

name

  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:
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  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A village in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast.

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Etymology

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…

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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”).

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