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Taco has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent

"The remark was unacceptable because it used "taco" as an ethnic slur to demean his heritage."

2

a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling

"She carefully folded her taco so that the beans and cheese stayed securely inside without spilling out."

3

A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa.

"The medical team had to administer a diuretic immediately after the blood transfusion because the patient began showing signs of TACO, or transfusion-associated circulatory overload."

4

Initialism of transfusion-associated circulatory overload.

Verb
1

To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.

"The old wooden bench finally gave way and buckled in half under the weight of the moving piano."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Mexican dish
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chicken taco
Rhyming Words
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