T-BONE Definition & Meaning

T-bone

[tee-bohn]

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noun

a T-bone steak, a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T -shaped bone.

verb (used with object)

T-boned, T-boning

Informal��to crash into the side of (a motor vehicle).
The driver of the SUV drove through a red light and T-boned a city bus.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of T-bone¹

From the shape of the letter T + bone ( def. ); T-bone def. 1 was first recorded in 1930–35; T-bone def. 2 in 1965–70.

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Imagine ordering T-bone steaks and desserts at a family-run restaurant, racking up a bill of hundreds of pounds, before legging it without paying a penny.

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They ordered T-bone steaks and double pudding portions, racking up a bill of £329, before - once again - leaving without paying.

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The song’s use in the film helped spark an Orbison revival, and Lynch soon co-produced a new version of the song with the singer and T-Bone Burnett for a 1987 retrospective, “In Dreams: The Greatest Hits.”

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Video of the crash obtained by ABC 7 showed a white Nissan Rogue SUV run the red light, causing a side impact collision, or T-bone, with a blue BMW belonging to the victim.

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“There was a complete T-bone and then those two cars hit me and then swerved off to the side.”

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T-bond T-bone steak

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