Definition of "salmon" in English

noun

1. (zoology) One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.

   • grilled salmon
   • salmon paté
   • salmon steak

2. A meal or dish made from this fish.

3. (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

4. The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.

5. (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

6. (Sri Lanka) canned fish, usually mackerel.

adjective

1. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

verb

1. (slang, intransitive) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

   • 2014: "Salmon, Don't Shoal: Learning The Lingo Of Safe Cycling" by Marc Silver, NPR Some cities discourage salmoning with clever signage, like this in London: "If you can read this you are biking the wrong way."