apricots

Noun

apricot (countable and uncountable, plural apricots)

1. A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
   • pickled apricots
2. The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

   Synonyms:

   apricot tree

3. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
4. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
5. (sniper slang) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
   • Seven hundred and seventy-eight yards, though I didn't know the exact measurement at the time, plus the fact that the bullet ripped through the victim's apricot tipped me to the fact that we were probably dealing with an experienced sniper.2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 41
6. (Australia, UK, dated, plural-normally, slang) A testicle.
   • Hot water has always made my apricots sag.Quoted in 2014, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (page 10)

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