cantaloupe

plural cantaloupes · alternative cantaloup · alternative canteloupe · alternative cantelope · alternative obsolete cantaleup · alternative obsolete canteloup

1. Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
   1. IrelandUKcountableuncountableCantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.First known use 1739.
   2. AustraliaCanadaUScountableuncountableReticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.

      Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.

      2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100

2. countableuncountableAn orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
3. countableplural normallyslangA woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.

   Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.

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   "I tell you I kept crossing my legs and lighting cigarettes, just hoping he'd notice me. But no. Instead he notices something sitting at a table. He sees a great big pair of cantaloupes sticking out from under a blouse."

   2022 [1951], David Goodis, “Cassidy's Girl”, in Black Cat Weekly, number 52, Wildside Press, LLC, page 324

   In the water, Lenox got a little frisky and Farah ended up losing her bikini top. Lenox was glad that she was definitely blessed. The peaches and grapes walking around were no comparison to her cantaloupes.

   2007, Maryann Reid, Use Me or Lose Me: A Novel of Love, Sex, and Drama, Macmillan, page 130

   "Suzie that one with the pair of cantaloupes?" Freddy holds his palms out from chest.

   2019, Louella Bryant, Cowboy Code, Black Rose Writing, page 110

   Stepping back to avoid him, I knocked into Xander, who wrapped his arms around me. "Me, too," he cooed. "I love a good pair of cantaloupes."

   2020, Nicole Kronzer, “Eleven”, in Unscripted, Abrams

   Synonyms: breasts