eggplant

1. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.Examples: "Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”"Synonyms: aubergine, brinjal, baingan, brown jolly, baigan, bhaigan, bangun, melongeneAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandPhilippinesUScountableuncountable

2. (Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.CanadaUScountableuncountable

3. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).Examples: "Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant."; ""Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said."; "What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant.""UScountablederogatoryoffensiveslanguncountable

4. (skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.countableuncountable