vada

noun
/ˈvɑːdə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)

  1. derived from vedere
  2. borrowed from vada

Definitions

  1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.

    • I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
  2. To look (at), to see.

    • […]"The mummers have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession^([sic – meaning profession]) generally use. […] "'Vada the glaze' is—Look at the window.[…]"
    • You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.
    • Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA