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sardine1

Pronunciation: /sɑːˈdiːn/

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Definition of sardine

noun

  • 1a young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish.
  • 2 (sardines) [treated as singular] British a children’s game based on hide-and-seek, in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the hiding place until just one child remains.

verb

[with object] informal
  • pack closely together: we sardined our dismantled bikes into the boot

Phrases

packed like sardines

crowded very close together, as sardines are in tins.

Origin:

late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō 'Sardinia'

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