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eat the onion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
eat the o-nion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, the, onion.

verb

To be fooled by a work of satire, particularly in the satirical newspaper The Onion.

Colloquial

verb

Alternative form of eat the onion

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

eats the onion (present, singular) eating the onion (participle, present) ate the onion (past) eaten the onion (participle, past)

Phrases

fall for

Frequently Paired Words

fall for

Questions

What does eat the onion mean?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, the, onion.

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