anaconda

See also: Anaconda

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakan̆dayā, one with large body), a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

anaconda (plural anacondas)

  1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft).
  2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis.
    • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:
      My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
    • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game, Signet (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
    • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!, iUniverse (2006), →ISBN, page xi:
      I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:anaconda.

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Translations

Proper noun

anaconda

  1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

Synonyms


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aca‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)

  1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.na.kɔ̃.da/
  • (file)

Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -onda

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. (snake) anaconda

Portuguese

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Synonyms

Further reading

  • anaconda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaˈkonda/, [anaˈkõn̪d̪a]

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Further reading

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