Banana
noun
A long curved fruit that has yellow skin and soft sweet flesh.
I had a banana for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- eat a banana
- banana peel
noun
A country with political instability, dependent on limited agriculture (bananas).
Many Central American countries were referred to as banana republics due to their socioeconomic conditions.
Often appears as...
- banana republic
- banana exporter
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Crazy, absurd, silly.
His ideas were completely banana.
Often appears as...
- go banana
- banana idea
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
An energetic, boisterous person.
You're such a banana!
Often appears as...
- act like a banana
- be a banana
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
An Asian person who has adopted Western mannerisms, typically a derogatory term used within the Asian community.
Some people called him a banana because he doesn't speak his native language.
Often appears as...
- be a banana
- act like a banana
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A long curved fruit that has yellow skin and soft sweet flesh.
I had a banana for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- eat a banana
- banana peel
noun
A country with political instability, dependent on limited agriculture (bananas).
Many Central American countries were referred to as banana republics due to their socioeconomic conditions.
Often appears as...
- banana republic
- banana exporter
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Crazy, absurd, silly.
His ideas were completely banana.
Often appears as...
- go banana
- banana idea
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
An energetic, boisterous person.
You're such a banana!
Often appears as...
- act like a banana
- be a banana
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
An Asian person who has adopted Western mannerisms, typically a derogatory term used within the Asian community.
Some people called him a banana because he doesn't speak his native language.
Often appears as...
- be a banana
- act like a banana
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fruit
Banana refers to the edible fruit that's very common worldwide, often eaten raw.
She added slices of banana to her cereal.
Pro Tip 2/3Yellow When Ripe
Bananas are green before they ripen. They turn yellow when ready to eat.
Wait until the banana turns yellow to enjoy its sweetness.
Pro Tip 3/3Peel Before Eating
Always peel off the outer skin of a banana before eating the soft flesh inside.
She peeled the banana from the top down.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fruit
Banana refers to the edible fruit that's very common worldwide, often eaten raw.
She added slices of banana to her cereal.
Pro Tip 2/3Yellow When Ripe
Bananas are green before they ripen. They turn yellow when ready to eat.
Wait until the banana turns yellow to enjoy its sweetness.
Pro Tip 3/3Peel Before Eating
Always peel off the outer skin of a banana before eating the soft flesh inside.
She peeled the banana from the top down.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fruit
Banana refers to the edible fruit that's very common worldwide, often eaten raw.
She added slices of banana to her cereal.
Pro Tip 2/3Yellow When Ripe
Bananas are green before they ripen. They turn yellow when ready to eat.
Wait until the banana turns yellow to enjoy its sweetness.
Pro Tip 3/3Peel Before Eating
Always peel off the outer skin of a banana before eating the soft flesh inside.
She peeled the banana from the top down.
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Why Do Gorillas Have...
actually be quite gentle particularly the small or a small youngster or something do gorillas eat bananas so i guess the short answer is yes they do out in the wild they're more likely to eat banana so they're but the bananas they have there are less high in sugars they're less cultivated for our palette like the ones
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What's the definition of...
Someone doing the same thing over and over, or building up a false image of themself and the world, or not adapting to reality by just noticing the banana peel on the ground -- this is automatism, ignorance of one's own mindless rigidity, and it's dangerous but also laughable and comic ridicule helps correct it.
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Break out of food...
your own life and this is what I did with my garden my garden has everything from bananas and strawberries and apples and oranges and watermelons and in collard greens I can't seem to figure out why the watermill watermelons and the collard greens they always come up
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
endearing to us humans it uh it's possibly to do with a trick of light that white reflects the green that comes through the leaf and makes them blend in perfectly now this structure is actually quite simple um it's a leaf of a plant that's in the banana
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
And our left hemisphere thinks in language. It's that ongoing brain chatter that connects me and my internal world to my external world. It's that little voice that says to me, "Hey, you've got to remember to pick up bananas on your way home.
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How I made friends with...
You have to understand that we don't live in Newton's clockwork universe anymore. We live in a banana peel universe, and we won't ever be able to know everything or control everything or predict everything. Nature is like a self-driving car.
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
teeth shortening their life the shamans aim is true although he's only performed tooth filing once before with the spirits guiding his hand the task is soon completed along he bites on green bananas to dull the pain relieved
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Why humans run the world...
So now give me this banana." No chimpanzee will ever believe such a story. Only humans believe such stories, which is why we control the world, whereas the chimpanzees are locked up in zoos and research laboratories.
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Is radiation dangerous?...
Even bananas contain trace amounts of a radioactive potassium isotope. So if we live in a world of radiation, how can we escape its dangerous effects? To start, not all radiation is hazardous.
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This sea creature...
Can you guess what you’re looking at? Is it a fuzzy sock? An overripe banana? A moldy tube of toothpaste? In fact, this is the humble sea cucumber, and while it might look odd,
Video examples
Why Do Gorillas Have...
actually be quite gentle particularly the small or a small youngster or something do gorillas eat bananas so i guess the short answer is yes they do out in the wild they're more likely to eat banana so they're but the bananas they have there are less high in sugars they're less cultivated for our palette like the ones
Video examples
What's the definition of...
Someone doing the same thing over and over, or building up a false image of themself and the world, or not adapting to reality by just noticing the banana peel on the ground -- this is automatism, ignorance of one's own mindless rigidity, and it's dangerous but also laughable and comic ridicule helps correct it.
Video examples
Break out of food...
your own life and this is what I did with my garden my garden has everything from bananas and strawberries and apples and oranges and watermelons and in collard greens I can't seem to figure out why the watermill watermelons and the collard greens they always come up
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
endearing to us humans it uh it's possibly to do with a trick of light that white reflects the green that comes through the leaf and makes them blend in perfectly now this structure is actually quite simple um it's a leaf of a plant that's in the banana
Video examples
My stroke of insight PIPE...
And our left hemisphere thinks in language. It's that ongoing brain chatter that connects me and my internal world to my external world. It's that little voice that says to me, "Hey, you've got to remember to pick up bananas on your way home.
Video examples
How I made friends with...
You have to understand that we don't live in Newton's clockwork universe anymore. We live in a banana peel universe, and we won't ever be able to know everything or control everything or predict everything. Nature is like a self-driving car.
Video examples
Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
teeth shortening their life the shamans aim is true although he's only performed tooth filing once before with the spirits guiding his hand the task is soon completed along he bites on green bananas to dull the pain relieved
Video examples
Why humans run the world...
So now give me this banana." No chimpanzee will ever believe such a story. Only humans believe such stories, which is why we control the world, whereas the chimpanzees are locked up in zoos and research laboratories.
Video examples
Is radiation dangerous?...
Even bananas contain trace amounts of a radioactive potassium isotope. So if we live in a world of radiation, how can we escape its dangerous effects? To start, not all radiation is hazardous.
Video examples
This sea creature...
Can you guess what you’re looking at? Is it a fuzzy sock? An overripe banana? A moldy tube of toothpaste? In fact, this is the humble sea cucumber, and while it might look odd,
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Quote examples
Misha Green
American Writer
I was familiar with Lovecraft, I also was familiar with his history as a person. So I had read his stories but I wasn't bananas like I think that a lot of people get bananas. I was like, they're good and I can definitely see the influences - but I can definitely read them and see the parts where you're being racist right there in your own stories.
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Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
I'm a better person in a relationship, and I'm a happier person. I need to come home at the end of the day and have it not be about me and my freaking hair and makeup and character motivations anymore. And I think my work is more inspired when home is safe and sound and solid, because what I do for a living is so bananas and so insecure.
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Benson Henderson
American Mixed Martial Artist
I like getting my hand raised and I'll take it any way I can get it. Slipping on a banana peel, by the skin of my teeth. By any means, you know?
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Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.
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Kathleen Hanna
American Musician
Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
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Daphne Guinness
British Artist
Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.
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Emily Compagno
American Lawyer
I've never had a proper banana split in my life.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
Bananas are my go-to breakfast.
Quote examples
Misha Green
American Writer
I was familiar with Lovecraft, I also was familiar with his history as a person. So I had read his stories but I wasn't bananas like I think that a lot of people get bananas. I was like, they're good and I can definitely see the influences - but I can definitely read them and see the parts where you're being racist right there in your own stories.
Quote examples
Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
I'm a better person in a relationship, and I'm a happier person. I need to come home at the end of the day and have it not be about me and my freaking hair and makeup and character motivations anymore. And I think my work is more inspired when home is safe and sound and solid, because what I do for a living is so bananas and so insecure.
Quote examples
Benson Henderson
American Mixed Martial Artist
I like getting my hand raised and I'll take it any way I can get it. Slipping on a banana peel, by the skin of my teeth. By any means, you know?
Quote examples
Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.
Quote examples
Kathleen Hanna
American Musician
Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
Quote examples
Daphne Guinness
British Artist
Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.
Quote examples
Emily Compagno
American Lawyer
I've never had a proper banana split in my life.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
Bananas are my go-to breakfast.
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