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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?recti?, ?recti?nis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ?rectus, from verb erig?, from prefix ?- (“out of”) + reg?, + action suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

erection (countable and uncountable, plural erections)

1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.

   Synonyms: building, construction

2. (countable) Anything erected or built.

   Synonyms: building, construction

   • 1948, George Stephen Baker, Ship Design, Resistance and Screw Propulsion (page 194)

     If any serious number of deck erections have been left unfaired, these percentages will be too low.

3. (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erection

   • 1997, Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law, Princeton University Press (1997), ?ISBN, page 175:

     I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphically represents the self-government contemplated by a democratic legal society.

   • 2006, Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women, Routledge (2006), ?ISBN, unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir):

     There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]

   • 2007, Edward J. Behrend-Martinez, Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain, 1650-1750, University of Nevada Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 14:

     A marriage was only consummated via erection, penetration, and insemination intra vas.

4. (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
   • 2008, Robert Crooks & Karla Baur, Our Sexuality, Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ?ISBN, page 163:

     Older men typically require longer periods of time to achieve erection and reach orgasm.

   • 2011, Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2008), ?ISBN, page 104:

     A very rare complication is priapism, where the penis maintains its erection for many hours.

5. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erect penis

   Hyponyms: priapism, permaboner, death erection, morning wood

   • 2002, Marguerite Crump, No B.O.!: The Head-to-Toe Book of Hygiene for Preteens, Free Spirit Publishing (2005), ?ISBN, page 85:

     The surge of hormones during puberty means you might have lots of erections, even when you don't want them—like during school.

   • 2006, Abha Dawesar, That Summer in Paris, Anchor Books (2007), ?ISBN, page 259:

     Prem was sure everyone could see his erection through his pants, everyone but Maya, who he had been careful to keep to his side all the time

   • 2007, Ken Follett, World Without End, Dutton (2007), ?ISBN, page 244:

     He kissed her again, this time with a long, moist kiss that gave him an erection.

Related terms

• erect
• erector

Translations

Further reading

• erection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• neoteric

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?recti?, ?recti?nem.

Noun

erection f (plural erections)

1. erection (of a building, etc.)
2. erection (penile)

Descendants

• French: érection

References

• erection on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1611, from chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), equivalent to chub +? -y. Cognate with dialectal Swedish kubbug (“fat, plump, chubby”). More at chub.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?b??, IPA^(key): /?t??bi/
• Rhymes: -?bi

Adjective

chubby (comparative chubbier, superlative chubbiest)

1. Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.

   Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy, tubby

   • 2010, Marsha Hubler, The Long Ride Home, Zonderkidz (?ISBN), page 97:

     Slowly Skye wrapped her arms around the chubby woman's frame and rested her head on Rita's chest drenched with perspiration.

2. Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.

   Synonyms: chunky, plump, podgy

Derived terms

• chubbily
• chubbiness

Translations

Noun

chubby (plural chubbies)

1. A chubby, plump person
   • 1949, R. Duffy Lewis, Dorothy Stote, How to build an infant's, girls' and teens' wear business: a manual for retailers and prospective shop owners

     The chubby is the girl who cannot be fitted in the regular 7 to 14 size range because she is too stout. Sizes for these girls are 7*4 to 141/^, and are specially styled and designed to give them better proportions.

   • 2007, Jackie Guerra, Under Construction: How I've Gained and Lost Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of Pounds, New Amer Library (?ISBN)

     The chubby is especially taken for granted: "Hey, can you watch my purse while I dance?"

2. (LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man.
3. (slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.

   Hey, Lucius, I just wanted to share a piece of personal information with you. I've got a... a chubby right now because [starts screaming] This is one of the most awesome experiences of my life!—Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Derived terms

• chub (plump person)
• chubby chaser

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