banana oil

noun

Nonsense.

Meanings

nounbanana oil (countable and uncountable, plural banana oils)

plural banana oils

  1. datedslanguncountableNonsense.

    Perhaps Miss Fisher has the last word when she says, "What a load of banana oil!"

    1979, The New York Times Theater Reviews, page 270
  2. countableuncountablechemistryThe chemical substance isoamyl acetate.
  3. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see banana, oil.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

banana oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20oil

MLA

“banana oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20oil. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banana oil,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20oil.

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