anal

comparative more anal · superlative most anal

1. not comparableOf, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

   anal sex

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   anal thermometer

   an anal examination

2. human sciencesOf the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
3. alsoinformalmildlyvulgarhuman sciencesOf a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

   Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.

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   He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.

   1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39

   Synonyms: fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive

4. informalvulgarOf tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.

   This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.

5. biologyOf a vein, proximate to the thorax.

plural anals

1. countableAny of the anal scales of a reptile.
2. informaluncountableAnal sex.

   I'll do anything except anal.

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   In the right mood, I'll accept anal.

present singular third person anals · US participle present analing · UK participle present analling · US participle past analed · US past analed · UK participle past analled · UK past analled

1. rareslangtransitiveTo penetrate anally.

   The man with the small cock analed the hot chick.

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   Analling anyone is the plan for the evening / I'm kidding, stop

   2011, “L.E.S.”, in Camp, performed by Childish Gambino

alternative Anāl

1. An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
2. The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.

plural Anals · alternative Anāl

1. An individual member of that ethnic group.