tomato
/təˈmeɪtoʊ/
noun
- A red or yellowish fruit with a juicy pulp, used as a vegetable in cooking, often eaten raw in salads or cooked in sauces.
- I sliced a fresh tomato for the sandwich.
- She grows tomatoes in her backyard garden every summer.
- The recipe calls for two large tomatoes and a clove of garlic.
- A person who is considered unattractive or unpleasant (slang, usually used in the phrase 'old tomato').
- The character in the movie was a real tomato, always complaining.
- Don't be such a tomato; cheer up!
- He called his grumpy neighbor an old tomato.
verb
- To throw tomatoes at someone, especially as a sign of disapproval.
- In the old days, audiences would tomato bad performers.
- The angry crowd began to tomato the politician on stage.
- They threatened to tomato him if he didn't stop talking.