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Definition of "tutti-frutti" [tut•ti-frut•ti]

  • A confection, especially ice cream, containing a variety of chopped and usually candied fruits. (noun)
  • A flavoring simulating the flavor of many fruits. (noun)
  • Having a combination of fruit flavors. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tutti-frutti" in a sentence
  • "One thing's for sure, X thinks, staring out the window of the taxi as the city melts past in rain-smeared tutti-frutti neon, one thing's for sure: this is either a dream, or it isn't."
  • "But something went seriously wrong along the way, as government funding dried up, exacerbated by Italy's economic crisis, and corporate sponsors such as Coca-Cola have jumped in as white or in Coke's case tutti-frutti knights."
  • "And to top it all off,? tutti-frutti? macaroons: a typical French almond sweet reinterpreted with spring fruits in honour of the Cartier jewelry house?"
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