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apples en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæp.(ə)lz/
  • (Australia) audio
  • ăpʹ(ə)lz

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of apple
    form of apple

apples en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæp.(ə)lz/
  • (Australia) audio
  • ăpʹ(ə)lz

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of apple
    form of apple

apples en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

* (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears. * (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Australian, not-comparable, slang) Nice, fine.
    • Day like today, perfect. Wind's right, sea's easy, everything's apples. Anybody can sail today. 1988, Sandra Dengler, Code of Honor (Australian Destiny Book #1)

Deriveds

how do you like them apples · she'll be apples · she's apples

apples en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

* (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears. * (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.

Meanings

  1. (Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang) Clipping of apple and pears or apples and pears (“stairs”).
  2. (plural, plural-only, slang) Testicles.