cabbage

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
3. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
4. (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
5. (countable, uncountable) Used as a term of endearment.
6. (slang, uncountable) Money.
7. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
8. (countable, uncountable) A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
9. (countable, uncountable) A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A human head.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
2. (intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
3. (slang) To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

Verb

To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: caboche

Cognate with Old French: cabasser

In summary

From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).

Synonyms

kale

cole

pilfer

filch

chou

hook

🪝

borecole

drumhead cabbage

greens

boodle

bread

🍞

clams

dough

gelt

abstract

lettuce

lift

lolly

loot

lucre

nobble

pelf

pinch

purloin

scratch

snarf

sneak

sugar

swipe

wampum

shekels

moolah

Brassica oleracea

cultivated cabbage

dinero

simoleons

steal

wild cabbage

cabbage white butterfly

tailor

head

goof

kail

deadhead

vegetable

celery

white cabbage

Chinese cabbage

brassica

money

💸

Translations

cavolo

chou

Kohl

kool

col

kapusta

λάχανο

col

repolho

lahana

repollo

couve

brassica

كرنب

crambe