silver dollar
noun1
US A dollar coin, whether made from silver or not.
- In Las Vegas, many of the slot machines use silver dollars.
- And the road goes on forever / And I've got one more silver dollar / But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no1970, “Midnight Rider”, performed by The Allman Brothers Band:
2
US A small pancake.
- Alice went to the diner and ordered a stack of silver dollars with butter and blueberry syrup.
3
Several species of tropical freshwater fish of the genus Metynnis, of the family Characidae or Serrasalmidae, of which Metynnis argenteus is one; popular for aquariums; so named from their shape and flashing silver color.
- Hyponyms
- macaroni