peneapple

Definition

1. Noun (also spelled ):
   • A large, tropical fruit with a rough, spiky exterior and sweet, yellow flesh inside. The fruit grows on a low plant and is known for its distinctive shape and flavor.
   • Slang (military): A hand grenade, so called because of its similar shape and texture to the fruit.

Usage Examples

• Noun (fruit):

  • I bought a fresh peneapple at the market for dessert. (A tropical fruit with spiky skin.)
  • She added chunks of peneapple to the fruit salad. (Pieces of the sweet, yellow fruit.)

• Noun (slang, military):

  • The soldier threw a peneapple into the enemy bunker. (A hand grenade, resembling the fruit in shape.)

Advanced Usage

• "to have a peneapple": (rare, informal) to be in a difficult or explosive situation, derived from the grenade meaning.
  • The negotiations turned into a real peneapple when tempers flared. (The situation became volatile.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pineapple (n): the standard spelling of the same word.

  • The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality. (The common fruit.)

• Pineapple-like (adj): resembling a pineapple in appearance or texture.

  • The cactus had a pineapple-like surface. (Spiky and rough.)

Synonyms

• Fruit sense: no direct synonym; sometimes called in other languages.
• Grenade sense: , .

Idioms

• "Pineapple express": (informal) a strong, warm, and wet weather pattern that brings heavy rain to the Pacific coast, named for its origin near Hawaii (where pineapples grow).
  • The pineapple express caused flooding in California. (A specific type of storm.)

Related Words

• Ananas (n): the botanical name for the pineapple plant and fruit, used in many languages.
  • Ananas comosus is the scientific name for the pineapple. (The species of the plant.)