mozzarella en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (UK)
- /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US)
- /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US, uncommon)
- /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
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(qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Money.
Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller
2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Lil Uzi Vert (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank
2019 September 13, “Diamond Tester”, in ChaseTheMoney (lyrics), K$upreme & ChaseTheMoney (music), Caught Fire:Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella
2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Smokepurpp (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad
2017 November 16, KirbLaGoop, “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Trapped in Da 100:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozzarelle | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mozzarellas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cheddarella · mozzarella stick
Hypernyms
food · dairy product · cheese
Synonyms
yenom · flizz · smackeroonies · bread and honey · blunt · paper · scratch · moola · currency · cheese · finances · flow · brass · means · clams · gravy · funding · scrilla · dough · cheddar · wampum · smackeroos · oof · bones · spondulicks · dinero · swag · bread · funds · lovely jubbly · cake · Bugs Bunny · shrapnel · cream · ackers · feds · mozzarella · simoleons · smackers · mazuma · coin · rhino · fedi · jack · legal tender · gwop · gwolla · lolly · ooftish · tender · wonga · dosh · bees and honey · money · spend · ching · cheese · muck · cheddar
Translations (39)
el μοτσαρέλα (soft Italian cheese) · es muzarela (soft Italian cheese) · tg моззарелла (soft Italian cheese) · yue 水牛芝士 (soft Italian cheese) · eo mocarelo (soft Italian cheese) · ar مُوزَارِيلَا (soft Italian cheese) · pt muçarela (soft Italian cheese) · sv mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · fi mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · ko 모차렐라 (soft Italian cheese) · ko 모짜렐라 (soft Italian cheese) · mt mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · ja モザレラ (soft Italian cheese) · pt mozarela (soft Italian cheese) · ja モツァレラ (soft Italian cheese) · fi hillo (food-related slang term for money) · cs mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · ja モッツァレラ (soft Italian cheese) · fr mozzarelle (soft Italian cheese) · nap muzzarella (soft Italian cheese) · es muzzarella (soft Italian cheese) · pl kapucha (food-related slang term for money) · nb mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · de Mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · mr मोजारेला (soft Italian cheese) · ru моцаре́лла (soft Italian cheese) · pl mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · cmn 馬蘇里拉 /马苏里拉 (soft Italian cheese) · my မိုးဇက် (soft Italian cheese) · mk моцаре́ла f du (soft Italian cheese) · es musarela (soft Italian cheese) · fr mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · it mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · ja モッツァレッラ (soft Italian cheese) · be мацарэ́ла (soft Italian cheese) · es muzarella (soft Italian cheese) · es mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) · arz موتزاريلا (soft Italian cheese) · nl mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)
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