Bacon
noun
A type of salted and smoked meat from a pig's belly or back.
I like to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- bacon and eggs
- bacon sandwich
noun
Money, particularly earned through work or labor.
He's out there bringing home the bacon.
Often appears as...
- bring home the bacon
- earn the bacon
Usage tips
Colloquial, Neutral
Idiomatic
noun
The achievement or success of something particularly important.
Winning the championship was the bacon for our team.
Often appears as...
- save one's bacon
- risk one's bacon
Usage tips
Colloquial, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A type of salted and smoked meat from a pig's belly or back.
I like to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- bacon and eggs
- bacon sandwich
noun
Money, particularly earned through work or labor.
He's out there bringing home the bacon.
Often appears as...
- bring home the bacon
- earn the bacon
Usage tips
Colloquial, Neutral
Idiomatic
noun
The achievement or success of something particularly important.
Winning the championship was the bacon for our team.
Often appears as...
- save one's bacon
- risk one's bacon
Usage tips
Colloquial, Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Bacon is often associated with breakfast and comfort food.
A full breakfast plate might include bacon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Crispy
The texture of bacon can vary from crispy to chewy, depending on how it's cooked.
She prefers her bacon chewy, not crisp.
Pro Tip 3/3Vegetarian Options
There are vegetarian versions made from plant-based sources called 'veggie bacon'.
He's vegetarian, so he eats veggie bacon instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Bacon is often associated with breakfast and comfort food.
A full breakfast plate might include bacon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Crispy
The texture of bacon can vary from crispy to chewy, depending on how it's cooked.
She prefers her bacon chewy, not crisp.
Pro Tip 3/3Vegetarian Options
There are vegetarian versions made from plant-based sources called 'veggie bacon'.
He's vegetarian, so he eats veggie bacon instead.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Staple
Bacon is often associated with breakfast and comfort food.
A full breakfast plate might include bacon.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Crispy
The texture of bacon can vary from crispy to chewy, depending on how it's cooked.
She prefers her bacon chewy, not crisp.
Pro Tip 3/3Vegetarian Options
There are vegetarian versions made from plant-based sources called 'veggie bacon'.
He's vegetarian, so he eats veggie bacon instead.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
Buffalo and then you need to be careful because they can quite easily turn it the other way around where the predator becomes the one that ends up getting injured oh hi bacon was almost like I said your name just now but with Lion Air hi lion you've commented on how much you quite you like the pride of lions me too I
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
change to white during the course of the day to try and reflect lights and to make it lose less moisture but it's very cool to see amazing isn't it this FLIR is the most amazing camera it really has saved our bacon in many respects so I know it sounds funny but over the course
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The new American Dream PIPE...
We need to seriously consider a universal basic income. We need to reinvent labor organizing. The promise of a work world that is structured to actually fit our 21st century values, not some archaic idea about bringing home the bacon, is long overdue -- just ask your mother.
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What color is Tuesday?...
Imagine a world in which you see numbers and letters as colored even though they're printed in black, in which music or voices trigger a swirl of moving, colored shapes, in which words and names fill your mouth with unusual flavors. Jail tastes like cold, hard bacon
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What adults can learn...
challenge glass ours to go beyond that into the realm of broken-hearted snakes and bacon boys who you can see as meat vision now our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insiders knowledge kids already do a lot of learning from adults
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Elevating simple...
elevate the flavor of the vegetables I do this for a couple reasons one I think it's a lot harder to cook vegetables and make them freely delicious I mean who doesn't like the smell of frying bacon if you take like a really humble
Video examples
What adults can learn...
into the realm of brokenhearted snakes and bacon boys, who you can see has meat vision. Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share.
Video examples
Food Fight PIPE Wicked Tuna
looks without the crew I can't catch fish I'm nothing more than a glorified two-bit half-wit tour bus driver Joe and I baked you a cake while you were sleeping do you really what we did really bacon but it is important to show
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John Besh: New Orleans'...
it's important to toast the rice and so I'm cooking it I'm stirring it it's coated right now with all that beautiful bacon fat I'm gonna add a little bit of chicken stock to it the time doing
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Best Snow Animals PIPE Top...
have a faster mode of transport than just plain walking bacon toboggan
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
Buffalo and then you need to be careful because they can quite easily turn it the other way around where the predator becomes the one that ends up getting injured oh hi bacon was almost like I said your name just now but with Lion Air hi lion you've commented on how much you quite you like the pride of lions me too I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
change to white during the course of the day to try and reflect lights and to make it lose less moisture but it's very cool to see amazing isn't it this FLIR is the most amazing camera it really has saved our bacon in many respects so I know it sounds funny but over the course
Video examples
The new American Dream PIPE...
We need to seriously consider a universal basic income. We need to reinvent labor organizing. The promise of a work world that is structured to actually fit our 21st century values, not some archaic idea about bringing home the bacon, is long overdue -- just ask your mother.
Video examples
What color is Tuesday?...
Imagine a world in which you see numbers and letters as colored even though they're printed in black, in which music or voices trigger a swirl of moving, colored shapes, in which words and names fill your mouth with unusual flavors. Jail tastes like cold, hard bacon
Video examples
What adults can learn...
challenge glass ours to go beyond that into the realm of broken-hearted snakes and bacon boys who you can see as meat vision now our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insiders knowledge kids already do a lot of learning from adults
Video examples
Elevating simple...
elevate the flavor of the vegetables I do this for a couple reasons one I think it's a lot harder to cook vegetables and make them freely delicious I mean who doesn't like the smell of frying bacon if you take like a really humble
Video examples
What adults can learn...
into the realm of brokenhearted snakes and bacon boys, who you can see has meat vision. Now, our inherent wisdom doesn't have to be insider's knowledge. Kids already do a lot of learning from adults, and we have a lot to share.
Video examples
Food Fight PIPE Wicked Tuna
looks without the crew I can't catch fish I'm nothing more than a glorified two-bit half-wit tour bus driver Joe and I baked you a cake while you were sleeping do you really what we did really bacon but it is important to show
Video examples
John Besh: New Orleans'...
it's important to toast the rice and so I'm cooking it I'm stirring it it's coated right now with all that beautiful bacon fat I'm gonna add a little bit of chicken stock to it the time doing
Video examples
Best Snow Animals PIPE Top...
have a faster mode of transport than just plain walking bacon toboggan
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The Republicans ought to be nowhere near trying to help Obama save his bacon. But they don't think that's what they're doing, I'm convinced. You talk about trauma and the need for therapy, I really think that the Republicans have been genuinely psychologically traumatized by decades of media criticism.
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Jonathan Miles
Though we tend to reach for the bacon or sausage, fish and eggs are a classic breakfast combination in many places around the world, and for good reason: They're great together.
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Rachel Hollis
American Author
I love breakfast! Not only is it the most important meal of the day, but I loved waking up to - the smell of bacon in the morning was my favorite thing as a kid!
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Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
I'm not anti-American. But I am very strongly anti American bacon - the worst bacon in the world.
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Katy Perry
American Musician
I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.
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Ree Drummond
American Author
Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there.
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Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
I've never seen or heard of a healthy sausage or bacon of any kind.
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David Lynch
American Director
I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
I actually get quite sad when I smell bacon.
Quote examples
Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The Republicans ought to be nowhere near trying to help Obama save his bacon. But they don't think that's what they're doing, I'm convinced. You talk about trauma and the need for therapy, I really think that the Republicans have been genuinely psychologically traumatized by decades of media criticism.
Quote examples
Jonathan Miles
Though we tend to reach for the bacon or sausage, fish and eggs are a classic breakfast combination in many places around the world, and for good reason: They're great together.
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
Quote examples
Rachel Hollis
American Author
I love breakfast! Not only is it the most important meal of the day, but I loved waking up to - the smell of bacon in the morning was my favorite thing as a kid!
Quote examples
Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
I'm not anti-American. But I am very strongly anti American bacon - the worst bacon in the world.
Quote examples
Katy Perry
American Musician
I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.
Quote examples
Ree Drummond
American Author
Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there.
Quote examples
Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
I've never seen or heard of a healthy sausage or bacon of any kind.
Quote examples
David Lynch
American Director
I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
I actually get quite sad when I smell bacon.
Example 1 of 10
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