vada

noun, verb — 2 senses

vada

noun

/ˈvɑːdə/

Etymology Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).

1

A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.

I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204:

vada

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)

1

Polari To look (at), to see.

[…]"The mummers have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession^([sic – meaning profession]) generally use. […] "'Vada the glaze' is—Look at the window.[…]"1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, Strolling Actors, page 139:
You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.1967, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, “Gaslight Son of Flicker”, in Round the Horne, spoken by Sandy (Kenneth Williams):

1 more example

Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:

Synonyms: look
Related terms: batata vada, vada pav

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