rosebud

See also: Rosebud

English

Etymology

From rose +‎ bud.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊz.bʌd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊz.bʌd/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

rosebud (plural rosebuds)

  1. The bud of a rose.
  2. (British, sometimes as a term of endearment) A pretty young woman.
  3. (US, rare) A debutante.
  4. (rare) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
  5. (Cockney) A mouth.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mouth
  6. (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
  7. (vulgar, slang) The anus.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anus
    • 2017, Penthouse Variations on Anal:
      Her ass was the ultimate goal for both of us, but I wanted to draw out the anticipation. […] She watched from between her knees as I prepared to push into her rosebud.
    • 2017, Corinne Davies, The 3xtasy Lake Collection, volume 2, page 128:
      Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.
    • 2018, Rachel Blues, Anal Sex Stories:
      He withdrew his tongue from her ass and traced little patterns across her rosebud with a fingertip […]
  8. (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:clitoris
    • 1993 October, Virginia Henley, chapter 19, in Bold Conquest, Avon Books, page 271:
      His thumbs spread her woman's center so he could fit his mouth more closely and enter her with his tongue. Now she could not contain her cries of excitement. The tip of his tongue licked the hard rosebud hidden within, then circled it slowly over and over until she was swollen with need.
    • 1995 March, Nicole Jordan, chapter 11, in The Warrior, Avon Books, page 181:
      Her plea was ignored entirely. He stood over her, crowding her with his powerful body, and tugged the tunic from her nerveless grasp. “Do you remember how I plied the wet rosebud between your thighs?” Holding her gaze, he traced a finger between her breasts, downward to her narrow waist, drawing his hand slowly, lingeringly, over her skin. “I could show you such pleasure again, sweeting. ...”
    • 2005, anonymous author, chapter 4, in Cremorne Gardens, Blue Moon Books, page 160:
      To obtain an even better effect I managed to pull the seam right up into my cunney so that the shape of my generous outer lips would be revealed and even the swollen rosebud of my clitty could be discerned especially - as I didn’t put any knickers on and was totally nude underneath.
  9. (chiefly in the plural, slang) A woman's nipples, namely when erect.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nipples
    • 1969, Jens Bjørneboe, chapter 6, in Without a Stitch, Grove Press, page 137:
      I gasped when I felt the powerful spray from the shower against my breasts. First one, then the other. My rosebuds swelled up immediately, red and stiff. She sprayed between my breasts and on the small of my back. Then she quit for a minute.
    • 1986 August, Carole Mortimer, chapter 8, in No Longer A Dream, Harlequin Books, page 152:
      Caleb lifted her above him, accepting the hard rosebud of her nipple into his mouth as he drank from her. ‘You're beautiful’, Cat, he groaned as he rolled over so that she was the one beneath him. ‘So very beautiful.’
    • 2005, Hermione Steele, chapter 37, in Love Goes West, AuthorHouse, page 345:
      He could see the fullness of her beautiful breasts, tipped with their rosebuds, through the fine cotton. They seemed to be begging for him to caress and kiss them.

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