Tucker – /təkə/ Tucker is a word that Australians use for food.
that Australians use for food. You will hear this word used a lot in more in country towns compared to the city. “I'm really hungry, I can't wait to get some tucker.”
Workers' Compensation pay. Counter lunch / meal : pub lunch. Cozzie : swimming costume.
Some people in Britain and Australia refer to their main evening meal as "tea" rather than "dinner" or "supper", but generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, "tea" refers to a light meal or a snack.
“Grub” is a slang word for food. “I'm hungry. Let's get some grub!” Two other slang words for food are nosh and chow.
repast. He proclaimed it a splendid repast. blowout (slang) collation. nosh-up (informal)
A sandwich. Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.
Brekky: the first and most important meal of the day, Aussies call breakfast 'brekky'.
"Cannabis" is the most common definition for FOOD on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. FOOD. Definition: Cannabis.
Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora or fauna used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture.
"Bikie" is short for a motorcycle-gang member, "bangers" and "snags" are just two of the several terms for sausage, "ripper" means excellent, "snaffle" refers to quickly grabbing something, "titch" is a tiny amount, "chook" is chicken, and it goes on and on.
This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach).
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.
In the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, the term chips is generally used instead, though thinly cut fried potatoes are sometimes called french fries or skinny fries, to distinguish them from chips, which are cut thicker.
'Nugget'was used of a 'a small, stocky animal or person' in Australia from the middle of the 19th century.
That being said, let's start with something most of us will probably have sitting in the fridge or pantry: ketchup. Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia. Or just “sauce”.
Snag. Source. [Noun] Definition: sausage, also used to refer to sliced bread and sausage combo, Australian hot dog. Example: “Grab a few snags for the party tonight!”
'Lollies' are what we call candy, although the term is more specifically used for the gelatinous kind, not chocolate, cakes etc.
Gobble up – English is a funny language isn't it? We wolf down, but we gobble up – and both mean the same thing: to eat fast. To gobble means to eat hungrily and hastily.
Q: It's a choice between “breaky” and “brekky”. Although, I've also seen “brekkie” and even “breakie”.