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Eiffel Tower en · NOUN

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Etymology

Calque of French tour Eiffel. Named after its architect Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923). The sexual sense is based on a comparison of the steeple shape of the high-fiving arms to the shape of the building.

Meanings

1. (slang) A spit roast with the two penetrating partners holding hands.
   • Yo bro, my situationship suggested you and I do an Eiffel Tower on her, you down?
   • [Billy:] I'm not gay, dude. / [Malcolm:] No, you don't seem gay, man. / [Billy:] I would be down for a little Eiffel Tower action, though. / [Karen:] Not, gross! [Billy:] Well, that's not gay. […] [Karen, being hugged by Billy and Malcolm:] Squeeze me, squeeze me. Squeezed between my two men. A little squeezin'. [kisses air] / [Billy:] Eiffel Tower? / [Karen:] Literally no, never. 2016 September 2, Brian Jordan Alvarez, directed by Brian Jordan Alvarez, The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, episode 5, spoken by Billy, Malcolm, and Karen (Jon Ebeling, Nick Jandl, and Stephanie Koenig):

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Eiffel Tower en · PROPN

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Etymology

Calque of French tour Eiffel. Named after its architect Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923). The sexual sense is based on a comparison of the steeple shape of the high-fiving arms to the shape of the building.

Meanings

1. An iron tower built in 1889 on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris; a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
   • I must say a word about the Eiffel Tower. I do not know what purpose it serves today. But I then heard it greatly disparaged as well as praised. I remember that Tolstoy was the chief among those who disparaged it. He said that the Eiffel Tower was a monument of man's folly, not of his wisdom. Tobacco, he argued, was the worst of all intoxicants, inasmuch as a man addicted to it was tempted to commit crimes which a drunkard never dared to do; liquor made a man mad, but tobacco clouded his intellect and made him build castles in the air. The Eiffel Tower was one of the creations of a man under such influence. 1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, chapter XXIII, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, →OCLC:
   • Grandfathers decked out in bright yellow and green soccer jerseys, showing off Eiffel Towers shaved into the back of their heads. 1998 June 10, Jill Lieber, “Having a ball in Paris: France hosts soccer's world best”, in USA Today:
   • If the Eiffel Tower were now representing the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle-knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; and anybody would perceive that that skin was what the tower was built for. c. 1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Was the World Made for Man?”, in Bernard DeVoto, editor, Letters from the Earth, New York, N.Y.; Evanston, Ill.: Harper & Row, published 1962, →LCCN, pages 215–216:
   • I'm headed back down the elevator, having suppressed the impulse to buy an Eiffel Tower table lamp or pencil sharpener. 1993 April 11, Jack Schnedler, “Paris in one wild day”, in Chicago Sun-Times:
   • Los Angeles is a city of image and imagination: a vast urban expanse filled with buildings and streets, yet relatively free of famous landmarks. There is neither an Eiffel Tower nor a Times Square, no Big Ben or Golden Gate Bridge to symbolize the complex essence of the city. 1998 July, Terrence Rogers, “City of vapor”, in American Artist, volume 62, number 672, page 28:

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Translations (122)

bg А́йфелова ку́ла (tower in Paris) · sa ऐफल् गोपुरम् (tower in Paris) · eo Ejfelturo (tower in Paris) · ro Turnul Eiffel (tower in Paris) · yue 巴黎鐵塔 /巴黎铁塔 (tower in Paris) · ga Túr Eiffel (tower in Paris) · fi Eiffel-torni (tower in Paris) · nl Eiffeltoren (tower in Paris) · pa ਆਈਫ਼ਲ ਟਾਵਰ (tower in Paris) · vls Ieffeltôorn (tower in Paris) · se Eiffeltoardna (tower in Paris) · pl wieża Eiffla (tower in Paris) · kmr Barûya Eyfelê (tower in Paris) · sco Eiffel Touer (tower in Paris) · sh Eiffelov tóranj (tower in Paris) · tt Э́йфель манарасы (tower in Paris) · fr tour Eiffel (tower in Paris) · new आइफेल टावर (tower in Paris) · mn Эйфелийн цамхаг (tower in Paris) · li Eiffeltaore (tower in Paris) · eu Eiffel dorrea (tower in Paris) · be Э́йфелева ве́жа (tower in Paris) · la turris Eiffeliana (tower in Paris) · cs Eiffelova věž (tower in Paris) · eo Eiffel-Turo (tower in Paris) · it torre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · vls Eiffeltorre (tower in Paris) · si අයිෆල් කුළුණ (tower in Paris) · mt Torri Eiffel (tower in Paris) · lb Eiffeltuerm (tower in Paris) · mk Ајфелова кула (tower in Paris) · dv އެއިފެލް ޓަވަރު (tower in Paris) · fa-ira بُرْجِ ایفِل (tower in Paris) · sw Mnara wa Eiffel (tower in Paris) · pms Tor Eiffel (tower in Paris) · scn Turri Eiffel (tower in Paris) · se Eiffel-toardna (tower in Paris) · io Turmo Eiffel (tower in Paris) · cv Эйфел турулӗ (tower in Paris) · gu ઍફીલ ટાવર (tower in Paris) · he מִגְדָּל אייפל (tower in Paris) · lv Eifeļa tornis (tower in Paris) · lt Eifelio bokštas (tower in Paris) · az Eyfel qülləsi (tower in Paris) · cmn 埃菲爾鐵塔 /埃菲尔铁塔 (tower in Paris) · fr Tour (tower in Paris) · da Eiffeltårnet (tower in Paris) · sh Ајфелов то́рањ (tower in Paris) · yi אייפֿל טורעם (tower in Paris) · sl Eifflov stolp (tower in Paris) · cs Ajfelka (tower in Paris) · sah Эйфель башнята (tower in Paris) · sk Eiffelova veža (tower in Paris) · nds-de Eiffeltoorn (tower in Paris) · ug ئېففىل مۇنارى (tower in Paris) · wuu 埃菲爾鐵塔 /埃菲尔铁塔 (tower in Paris) · as আইফেল টাৱাৰ (tower in Paris) · acw برج إيفل (tower in Paris) · id Menara Eiffel (tower in Paris) · ka ეიფელის კოშკი (tower in Paris) · stq Eiffeltouden (tower in Paris) · af Eiffeltoring (tower in Paris) · sc torra Eiffel (tower in Paris) · cmn 巴黎鐵塔 /巴黎铁塔 (tower in Paris) · ce Эйфелин бӏов (tower in Paris) · hu Eiffel-torony (tower in Paris) · ky Эйфель мунарасы (tower in Paris) · de Eiffelturm (tower in Paris) · my အီဖယ်လ် (tower in Paris) · tr Eiffel Kulesi (tower in Paris) · te ఈఫిల్ టవర్ (tower in Paris) · arz برج ايڤل (tower in Paris) · ar بُرْج إِيفِل (tower in Paris) · oc torre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · ne आइफिल टावर (tower in Paris) · lij Töre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · th หอไอเฟล (tower in Paris) · ml ഈഫൽ ഗോപുരം (tower in Paris) · co torra Eiffel (tower in Paris) · ru Э́йфелева ба́шня (tower in Paris) · zea Eiffeltoôr'n (tower in Paris) · su Munara Éiffel (tower in Paris) · hy Էյֆելյան աշտարակ (tower in Paris) · mr आयफेल टॉवर (tower in Paris) · la turris Eiffelia (tower in Paris) · sq Kulla Eiffel (tower in Paris) · vi tháp Eiffel (tower in Paris) · lo ຫໍແອບແຟນ (tower in Paris) · el Πύργος του Άιφελ (tower in Paris) · cy Tŵr Eiffel (tower in Paris) · cs Eiffelovka (tower in Paris) · ba Эйфель башняһы (tower in Paris) · gu ઍફિલ ટાવર (tower in Paris) · cs Ajfelovka (tower in Paris) · sv Eiffeltornet (tower in Paris) · ja エッフェル塔 (tower in Paris) · bn আইফেল টাওয়ার (tower in Paris) · uz Eyfel minorasi (tower in Paris) · fy Eiffeltoer (tower in Paris) · sgs Eifelė buokšts (tower in Paris) · ca torre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · es torre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · ur ایفِل ٹاوَر (tower in Paris) · et Eiffeli torn (tower in Paris) · gd Tùr Eiffel (tower in Paris) · is Eiffelturninn (tower in Paris) · ia Turre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · tg бурҷи Эйфел (tower in Paris) · te ఐఫిల్ టవర్ (tower in Paris) · hi एफ़िल टॉवर (tower in Paris) · tl Toreng Eiffel (tower in Paris) · pt Torre Eiffel (tower in Paris) · fo Eiffeltornið (tower in Paris) · ko 에펠탑 (tower in Paris) · kk Эйфель мұнарасы (tower in Paris) · uk Е́йфелева ве́жа (tower in Paris) · cmn 艾菲爾鐵塔 /艾菲尔铁塔 (tower in Paris) · nb Eiffeltårnet (tower in Paris) · kn ಐಫೆಲ್ ಗೋಪುರ (tower in Paris) · uz Eiffel minorasi (tower in Paris) · ta ஈபெல் கோபுரம் (tower in Paris) · tr Eyfel Kulesi (tower in Paris)

Eiffel Tower en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of French tour Eiffel. Named after its architect Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923). The sexual sense is based on a comparison of the steeple shape of the high-fiving arms to the shape of the building.

Meanings

1. (slang) To perform such a sex act
   • A life-long dream of mine has been to get Eiffel Towered in a quaint Parisian hotel room in view of the Eiffel Tower.
   • My girlfriend really wants me and my buddy Eric to Eiffel Tower her.

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