rosebud

See also: Rosebud

English

Etymology

rose +‎ bud

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəʊz.bʌd/
• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊz.bʌd/

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Noun

rosebud (plural rosebuds)

1. The bud of a rose.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, “[Amatory Odes.] To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, stanza 1; republished as Henry G. Clarke, editor, Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine, volume I, London: H. G. Clarke and Co., […], 1844, →OCLC, page 74:

     Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, / Old Time is still a flying: / And this same flower, that smiles to-day; / To-morrow will be dying.

     The spelling has been modernized.

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.
6. (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
7. (vulgar, slang) The 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 […]

Derived terms

• gather rosebuds
• rosebudding

References

• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984

Anagrams

• obdures