Colloquial Variant guide

Apples

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ăpʹ(ə)lz
  • /ˈæp.(ə)lz/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æpəlz
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 P AH0 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Nice, fine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Australian, not-comparable, slang

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2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of Apple

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Clipping of apple and pears or apples and pears (“stairs”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Cockney, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Testicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only, slang

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5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of apple

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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History

Etymology

* (stairs): From Cockney rhyming slang apples and pears. * (nice): From Australian rhyming slang apples and spice or apples and rice.