noun
vada
VAH-duh
noun
1
A savoury fried snack, shaped like a small doughnut or fritter, popular across South Asia.
"They ordered vada and chutney from the street stall near the station."
verb
1
To look at or watch something (British slang, from Romani/Polari).
"Vada the state of that queue."
How to Use Vada
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a fried South Asian snack, or old-fashioned British slang for "look."
Word Forms
vadaed past tense, vada'd past tense, vadas plural, vadas singular
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Etymology
The food sense comes from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā). The slang "to look" sense comes from Polari, the historic British slang associated with theatre and gay subculture.