peach

/pi:tʃ/
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peach

A ripe peach sits on a wooden kitchen counter.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A type of fruit: A round, juicy fruit with sweet, yellowish or whitish flesh, fuzzy skin, and a single large seed (stone).
    • A color: A shade of pink tinged with yellow, resembling the color of the fruit's flesh.
    • A person (informal): A very attractive or seductive-looking woman; also, something or someone excellent or highly admired.

  2. Verb (informal):

    • To inform or betray: To divulge confidential information or secrets; to inform on someone.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Fruit):
    • She ate a ripe, juicy peach for breakfast.
    • We bought a basket of peaches from the farmer's market.
  • Noun (Color):
    • The walls of the nursery were painted a soft peach.
  • Noun (Person/Thing):
    • That new sports car is an absolute peach.
  • Verb:
    • He was afraid his accomplice would peach to the police.
    • Someone must have peached about our plan.
Advanced Usage
  • "A peach of a...": Used to describe something as excellent or very pleasing.
    • He's a peach of a guy, always willing to help.
    • They found a peach of an apartment in the city center.
Variants and Related Words
  • Peachy (adjective): Excellent, fine; also, resembling a peach in color or quality.
    • "How are you?" "Oh, just peachy!"
  • Peach tree (noun): The tree on which peaches grow.
  • Peach fuzz (noun): Soft, fine hair, especially on the face of an adolescent.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Fruit): Nectarine (a smooth-skinned variant).
  • Noun (Informal, for person): Beauty, stunner, knockout.
  • Verb: Squeal, snitch, tell, inform, betray.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Idioms
  • "To peach on someone": To inform authorities about someone's wrongdoing.
    • He refused to peach on his friends, even under pressure.
  • "Everything's peachy" / "Peachy keen" (idiomatic, informal): Everything is fine or excellent.
    • Don't worry, everything's peachy.
peach

A ripe peach sits on a wooden kitchen counter.

Noun
  1. a shade of pink tinged with yellow
  2. downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
  3. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  4. cultivated in temperate regions
Verb
  1. divulge confidential information or secrets
    • Be careful--his secretary talks

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