pear-shaped

Meaning

  1. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
  2. Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
  3. rich, mellow, sonorous
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Wrong, awry, usually in the phrase go pear-shaped.

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