flav
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A short casual word for the taste of food or drink
- noun
- /flæv/
- Informal
:
sabor
- The chef's secret ingredient added a unique flav that made the dish unforgettable.
Examples
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Everyone at the party enjoyed the delicious flav of the homemade salsa.
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If Flavour Flav can do it, why not me?
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Flav made it funny and cool: "Let me joke with you guys, but really, we are teaching you."
Academic text (2013) -
Flavor Flav, you've done it again.
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Welcome to the Spotlite with the Flavor Flav.
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Walking around smelling like Flavor Flav's wave cap.
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I AM YOUR HOST, THE TIME KEEPER, FLAVOR FLAV.
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When talking about snacks, my friends often say they prefer the flav of chocolate over vanilla.
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Etymology
Flav is a casual short form of flavor. A helpful way to remember it is that people use flav when they quickly talk about the 'taste' or 'smell' of food and drinks, so a great flav means a great taste.