Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa. · The vulva. · A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.
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