T-bone Definition
tēbōn
t-boned, t-boning
noun
A beefsteak from the short loin, with a T-shaped bone, containing some tenderloin.
Webster's New World
T-bone steak.
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verb
To ram (something) broadside.
T-boned by another car after running a red light.
Webster's New World
(chiefly US slang, of a car or similar vehicle) Collide perpendicularly with the side of (chiefly) another vehicle.
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Origin of T-bone
From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone"ŠÂ¹.
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Elliptical form of T-bone steak.
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