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breast
English
Alternative forms
- brest (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English brest, from Old English br?ost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breust?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?st, IPA(key): /b??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophone: Brest
Noun
breast (plural breasts)
- (anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
- (anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- […] Thou best know'st
- What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans
- Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the breasts
- Of ever-angry bears— it was a torment
- To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax
- Could not again undo. It was mine art,
- When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape
- The pine and let thee out.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
- The front or forward part of anything.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- (mining) The face of a coal working.
- (mining) The front of a furnace.
- (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- (swimming) the breaststroke
Synonyms
- (female organs): See also Thesaurus:breasts
- (chest): chest
- (seat of emotions): heart, soul
- (cut of poultry): white meat
- (cut of meat): brisket
Antonyms
- (cut of poultry): thigh, wing, dark meat
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
- (transitive, often figuratively) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- To reach the top (of a hill).
- (transitive, cooking) To debreast.
- 2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
- Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.
- 2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
Translations
Anagrams
- Baster, Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, baster, bestar, rebats, tabers
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bazooka
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??zu?k?/
- Rhymes: -u?k?
Etymology 1
From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”).
Noun
bazooka (plural bazookas)
- (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
- (weaponry) A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
- (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
- (slang, sexuality) A woman's breast.
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.
Noun
bazooka (uncountable)
- (slang) Crack cocaine.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English bazooka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba??zu.ka?/
- Hyphenation: ba?zoo?ka
Noun
bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)
- bazooka (antitank weapon)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English bazooka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.zu.ka/
Noun
bazooka m (plural bazookas)
- bazooka (rocket launcher)
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