bacons

Noun

bacon (usually uncountable, plural bacons)

1. (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.2006, Joanna Pruess, Seduced by Bacon, The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 93
   1. (sometimes, usually) Such meat from the belly specifically.
2. (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.2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN
3. (broadly, usually) A similar product made without meat, or from meat other than pork.
   • beef bacon; vegetarian bacon
4. (derogatory, slang, usually) The police or spies.
   • Run! It's the bacon!
5. (slang, usually) Road rash.

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