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Definitions: Taco |
TacoNoun1. Ethnic slur; offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent. 2. (Mexico) a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TACO | English | Sub-Project Determination of integral cross sections and fission yields in fast reactors | Nuclear Energy & Physics |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Americanized versions may use a deep-fried crispy tortilla shell, and include ingredients such as lettuce and cheese. The taco made with a crispy taco shell is probably descended not from the taco, but from the tostada, which it resembles more closely.
For the singer, see Taco Ockerse.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Taco."
Synonyms: TacoSynonyms: greaser (n), wetback (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Taco |
| English words defined with "taco": chicken taco ♦ taco sauce. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "taco": MEXICAN FOOD MAKER, HAND, MEXICAN-FOOD-MACHINE TENDER ♦ Pink Taco. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Taco" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (taco), Portuguese (club, dowel, golf course, Mace, peg, plug, stick), Spanish (block, brick, cue, nail, pad, rawlplug, stopper, swearword, tablet, taco, tampion, wad, wadding). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Put his beef in your taco!! (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps; writing credit: Jerry Lewis; Steve Oedekerk) Let's get a taco. (Reservoir Dogs; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino) Thanks for coming to Krazy Taco, can I take your order? (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) Y'know, I've met some dumb blondes in my life, but you take the taco, pal! Only a Carpathian would come back to life now and choose New York! (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) No one can stand playing with you. You're bad, you get taco sauce all over the cards, and at this point you're down so much, you're paying people in turquoise jewelry. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Lyrics | The best thing would be for me to leave Taco Bell and hit up Chess King ("Murder Murder (Remix) *"; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Taco Bender (2003) La Cultura del taco (1984) | |
Song Titles | Taco Wagon (performing artist: Young Fresh Fellows) | |
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Emo Philips | I went into Gus's artificial organ and taco stand. I said "Give me a bladder por favor." |
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Business | Tricon will concentrate on the Taco Bell franchise once KFC is fully operational. (references) | |
Tricon owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC. Tricon Belgium is headquartered in Antwerp. (references) | ||
Once the KFC program is under way, Tricon will start looking for a partner to develop the Taco Bell franchise in Belgium. (references) | ||
Economic History | Jamaica | These include Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway, Dominos Pizza, Popeye's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to name several. (references) |
Chile | Most franchises now in Chile focus on the fast-food sector, including McDonald's, Au Bon Pain, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Pizza Hut, Wendy's, Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Burger King, Friday's, Baskin-Robbins, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Church's Chicken, Taco Bell, Dunkin'Doughnuts, Mrs. Field's, TCBY, Dairy Queen and Subway are in operation and/or expanding. (references) | |
Travel | Jamaica | In addition, there are also many U.S. fast food outlets here, such as McDonald's, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kenny Roger's Roasters Chicken, Popeyes, Wendy's, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Subway. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Taco" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Taco" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.89% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 27 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Taco Cabana, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "taco": chicken taco ♦ taco sauce. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
taco bell | 3,751 |
taco | 585 |
bell menu taco | 368 |
del taco | 337 |
taco salad recipe | 321 |
bueno taco | 318 |
taco salad | 280 |
bald taco | 249 |
taco dip | 231 |
joe taco | 222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "taco"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | taco. (various references) | |
Farsi | نان ساجی (Pancake), ساندویچ (Sandwich). (various references) | |
Greek | τάκο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mexikói töltött lepény. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acotay.(various references) | |
Russian | тако. (various references) | |
Spanish | taco (block, brick, calkin, cue, nail, pad, rawlplug, shim, slab, sprag, stopper, swearword, tablet, tampion, wad, wadding). (various references) | |
Thai | ขนมปังของชาวเม็กซิกัน. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "taco": taconite, taconites, tacos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "taco": autacoid, autacoids, catacomb, catacombs, psittacoses, psittacosis, psittacotic. (additional references) | |
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"Taco" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acco, aco, Atca, atco, Atko, caco, dtac, faco, Iaco, nacco, Otocom, Qtac, taao, tabo, tacay, tacc, tacco, taci, tacid, tacif, tacin, tacip, tacog, tacon, tacow, Tacq, tactoo, tacu, tacy, tado, taeo, tafo, tago, taho, tahoo, taio, tajo, tak, taka, taki, tako, takor, taku, takum, talo, Tamo, tano, taoo, taox, tapo, tapoo, taqo, tasso, tavo, Tavoy, taxco, taxo, tayo, tazo, tce, tco, tcow, tcp, Teco, Tepco, tercom, teso, Texcoco, tica, tici, tico, tiko, Tkacz, Toco, tpca, tsac, Tsavo, ttgca, tufo, Tuzcu, tvc, tyco. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "taco" (pronounced tÄ"kō) |
| 3 | -Ä" k ō | mako, Morocco. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-o-t" | |
-1 letter: act, cat, cot, oat, oca, tao. | |
-2 letters: at, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-o-t" | |
+1 letter: actor, ascot, canto, coact, coapt, coast, coati, coats, costa, cotan, cotta, octad, octal, octan, tacos, taroc. | |
+2 letters: accost, action, actors, aortic, ascots, atomic, atonic, atopic, avocet, azotic, bobcat, cahoot, cannot, canton, cantor, cantos, capote, captor, carrot, carton, cartop, castor, catalo, cation, cavort, chalot, citola, coacts, coapts, coasts, coated, coatee, coater, coatis, cobalt, coital, comate, combat, contra, costae, costal, costar, cotans, coteau, cottae, cottar, cottas, cowpat, craton, dacoit, factor, locate, mascot, octads, octane, octans, octant, octave, octavo, outact, oxcart, scotia, scrota, tarocs, toecap, tombac, tomcat, toucan, trocar, turaco. | |
+3 letters: abbotcy, abiotic, accosts, account, acetone, acetose, acetous, achiote, acolyte, aconite, acrobat, acrotic, actinon, actions, aloetic, aphotic, apomict, apricot, aprotic, argotic, atomics, atonics, auction, avocets, backout, bobcats, botanic, cactoid, cahoots, calotte, caltrop, cantdog, cantons, cantors, capitol, capotes, caption, captors, carotid, carotin, carport, carrots, carroty, cartons, cartoon, castoff, castors, catalog, catalos, catboat, cathode, cations, cattalo, caution, cavetto, cavorts, centavo, challot, chaloth, chantor, chaotic, chariot, chayote, cholate, citator, citolas, coacted, coactor, coadmit, coagent, coalpit, coapted, coastal, coasted, coaster, coatees, coaters, coating, cobalts, cocomat, coenact, cognate, cohabit, collate, comates, comatic, comatik, combats, comitia, commata, compact, compart, conatus, connate, contact, contain, contras, coolant, copycat, coranto, cordate, costard, costars, costate, coteaus, coteaux, cotidal, cottage, cottars, courant, couteau, cowpats, cratons, creator, curator, dacoits, dacoity, dogcart, ectopia, ectozoa, enactor, erotica, exactor, exotica, faction, factoid, factors, factory, haricot, hotcake, iceboat, isotach, jackpot, jaconet, lactone, lactose, located, locater, locates, locator, locusta, marcato, mascots, mattock, nonfact, oatcake, ocreate, octadic, octagon, octanes, octanol, octants, octaval, octaves, octavos, offcast, ootheca, opacity, optical, osmatic, ostraca, otalgic, outacts, outback, outcast, outface, outpace, outrace, overact, oxcarts, paction, parotic, peacoat, polecat, potamic, potlach, psoatic, reactor, redcoat, ricotta, sacaton, scotias, scotoma, scrotal, somatic, stoical, stomach, surcoat, tachyon, tacnode, taction, talcose, talcous, tapioca, tobacco, toccata, toccate, toecaps, tomback, tombacs, tomcats, topcoat, topical, toucans, touraco, toxical, tractor, trocars, trochal, trochar, turacos, turacou, upcoast, voltaic, zacaton. | |
+4 letters: abductor, accentor, acceptor, accosted, accounts, accouter, accoutre, accustom, acetones, acetonic, acetoxyl, achiotes, achromat, acidotic, acolytes, aconites, aconitic, aconitum, acoustic, acrobats, acrodont, acrolect, acrolith, acrostic, acrotism, actinoid, actinons, actorish, actuator, adductor, advocate, aeroduct, agnostic, allocate, amitotic, ammocete, amniotic, anatomic, ancestor, anchoret, anecdota, anecdote, anoretic, anorthic, anticold, antilock, antirock, aoristic, apomicts, apostacy, apothece, apricots, aromatic, atamasco, atomical, atrocity, atrophic, auctions, autacoid, autocade, autocoid, autocrat, autopsic, azotemic, backmost, backouts, backstop, biotical, blackout, blacktop, bluecoat, bootjack, bootlace, boracite, botanica, brocatel, cabestro, cabotage, cabresto, cachalot, cachepot, calathos, calottes, calotype, calthrop, caltrops, calutron, canoeist, canonist, cantdogs, cantonal, cantoned, canzonet, capitols, caponata, capstone, captions, captious, caretook, carotene, carotids, carotins, carports, carrotin, carryout, cartload, cartoned, cartoons, cartoony, cartouch, caryotin, castoffs, castrato, catacomb, cataloes, catalogs, catboats, catechol, category, catenoid, cathodal, cathodes, cathodic, catholic, cathouse, cationic, cattalos, cautions, cautious, caveator, cavettos, cavorted, cavorter, celomata, cenotaph, centavos, ceratoid, challoth, chantors, chariots, chayotes, chelator, chitosan, chlorate, cholates, chordate, chromate, cilantro, citation, citators, citatory, clitoral, clodpate, coacting, coaction, coactive, coactors, coadmits, coagents, coaliest, coalpits, coapting, coarsest, coassist, coasters, coasting, coatings, coatless, coatrack, coatroom, coattail, coattend, coattest, coauthor, cobaltic, cockatoo, cockboat, cocktail, cocoanut, cocomats, cocreate, coenacts, coequate, cofactor, cogitate, cognates, cohabits, cohobate, coinmate, coitally, collaret, collated, collates, collator, colocate, colorant, comatiks, comatose, comatula, combated, combater, cometary, comitial, compacts, comparts, compleat, conation, conative, conepate, conepatl, conflate, congrats, constant, contacts, contagia, contains, continua, contract, contrail, contrary, contrast, coolants, coparent, copastor, copatron, copemate, copulate, copycats, corantos, corelate, coronate, corotate, cortical, corybant, cosecant, costards, costmary, cotenant, cotquean, cottager, cottages, cottagey, couchant, countian, courante, couranto, courants, couteaux, covalent, covenant, crackpot, cratonic, creation, creators, cremator, cryostat, curators, cyanotic, daltonic, decorate, democrat, diatomic, diatonic, dicrotal, dictator, doctoral, dogcarts, dogmatic, dogwatch, downcast, dystocia, ecotonal, ectopias, ectosarc, ectozoan, educator, enactors, enactory, endocast, erotical, escargot, eschalot, evocator, exaction, exactors, factions, factious, factoids, factored, factotum, falconet, fatstock, footpace, footrace, forecast, fraction, halachot, haricots, hecatomb, hoactzin, hotcakes, iceboats, impactor, inaction, inchoate, invocate, iotacism, isotachs, jackboot, jackpots, jaconets, kathodic, lacteous, lactones, lactonic, lactoses, localist, localite, locality, locaters, locating, location, locative, locators, loculate, locustae, locustal, loricate, massicot, matchbox, mattocks, maxicoat, mercapto, metazoic, mobocrat, monastic, monocrat, moschate, motorcar, mycetoma, narcotic, nonactor, nonfacts, notecase, oatcakes, obstacle, occipita, occupant, oceanaut, ocellate, octagons, octangle, octanols, octantal, octarchy, octonary, offcasts, offtrack, oiticica, oothecae, oothecal, opencast, operatic, optician, orgastic, oscitant, osculant, osculate, ostracod, ostracon, outacted, outbacks, outcaper, outcaste, outcasts, outcatch, outcavil, outcharm, outcheat, outclass, outcoach, outcrawl, outdance, outfaced, outfaces, outmarch, outmatch, outpaced, outpaces, outraced, outraces, outrance, outreach, outwatch, overacts, overcast, overcoat, pactions, panoptic, peacoats, pectoral, piscator, platonic, poetical, polecats, portance, postcard, postcava, postface, postrace, potassic, potlache, potlatch, protatic, protract, raincoat, reaction, reactors, redactor, redcoats, relocate, retroact, ricottas, romantic, sacatons, sanction, scotomas, scotopia, seacoast, seascout, sectoral, slotback, societal, softback, sonantic, sonicate, soutache, spiccato, staccato, stoccado, stoccata, stockade, stockcar, stockman, stomachs, stomachy, stomatic, surcoats, tachyons, tacnodes, taconite, tactions, tailcoat, tapiocas, teocalli, theocrat, thoracal, thoraces, thoracic, tobaccos, toccatas, tombacks, topcoats, tornadic, touracos, tovarich, toxaemic, toxicant, trachoma, traction, tractors, traprock, trifocal, trochaic, trochars, trochlea, tropical, tuckahoe, turacous, turbocar, turncoat, uncoated, vacation, varactor, victoria, vocalist, vocality, vocation, vocative, voracity, vortical, wainscot, watchdog, watchout, woodchat, zacatons. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 63 6F |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -.-. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01100011 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a c o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0063 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54676981 |
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