saddleback en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From saddle + back.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) saddle-backed
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
saddleback en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From saddle + back.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) saddle-backed
saddleback en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From saddle + back.
Meanings
- A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
- A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
- A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
- Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
- A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
- An anticline.
- (UK) A great black-backed gull.
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(New-Zealand) A passerine bird of the genus Philesturnus.
The young bird had the plumage of the saddleback, not the even chestnut of the jackbird, although its plumage was rather duller than that of the adult.
1959, Robert Adams Wilson, Bird Islands of New Zealand, page 67:
- A variety of domestic goose.
- A raccoon oyster.
- A harp seal.
- A larva of the bombycid moth.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saddlebacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
saddleback caterpillar · saddleback pig · saddleback crow · Wessex Saddleback · Saddleback Mountain · saddleback gunnel · saddleback jackal · saddleback gull · saddleback seal · saddleback tamarin · saddleback clownfish · saddleback shrew · saddlebackite · saddleback toad
Translations (3)
nl zadelrug (Philesturnus) · mi tīeke (Philesturnus) · cy adar tagellog (Philesturnus)
saddleback en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From Saddleback Church of Lake Forest, California. Coined in a contest held by columnist Dan Savage, in response to its support for California Proposition 8.
Meanings
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(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity. (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:saddleback.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saddlebacking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saddlebacks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| saddlebacked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saddlebacked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
take it up the ass · poophole loophole · buttfuck · take it up the arse
wikipedia: Dan Savage · wikipedia: Saddleback Church · wikipedia: California Proposition 8