SADDLEBACK

saddleback, saddle

(noun) a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

saddleback (plural saddlebacks)

A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.

A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.

(architecture) 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.

(geology) An anticlinal.

(UK) The great black-backed gull.

(NZ) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.

A variety of domestic goose.

A raccoon oyster.

The harp seal.

The larva of the bombycid moth.

Adjective

saddleback (not comparable)

saddle-backed

Adverb

saddleback (not comparable)

saddle-backed

Etymology 2

Verb

saddleback (third-person singular simple present saddlebacks, present participle saddlebacking, simple past and past participle saddlebacked)

(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly, by Christian teenagers)

Hypernyms

• buttfuck

• take it up the ass/take it up the arse

Source: Wiktionary


Sad"dle*back`, a.

Definition: Same as Saddle-backed. Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.

Sad"dle*back`, n.

1. Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The harp seal. (b) The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus). (c) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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