banana peel

Noun

Meaning

the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

banana skin skin of a banana banana leaf covering of a banana outer covering of a banana banana skins banana jacket

Hypernyms

peel skin

Examples

My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave. Mark Ruffalo

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. Clifton Fadiman

In a pinch, when my leather shoes need a quick shine, I take the inside of a banana peel and rub it on the leather like I would a shoe wax. Then I spit-shine it and buff it with a cloth, and my shoes look great. Chris Diamantopoulos

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably. George Ayittey

People... need a time to laugh. It's up to us to bonk ourselves on the head and slip on a banana peel so the average guy can say, 'I may be bad, honey, but I'm not as much of an idiot as that guy on the screen.' Chris Farley

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel. Diane Lane

Close letter words and terms

banana paper banana passion fruit banana passionfruit banana pepper banana phone banana pie