golden shower

noun

A large, liberal bestowal of money or other financial benefits.

Meanings

noungolden shower (plural golden showers)

plural golden showers

  1. A large, liberal bestowal of money or other financial benefits.
  2. Any member of the species Cassia fistula of trees of southern Asia.

    Two elderly women sat knitting on that part of the veranda which was screened from the sun by a golden shower creeper […]

    1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 7

    Synonyms: golden rain tree, Indian laburnum, pudding-pipe tree

  3. slanglifestyleThe act of a person urinating on another, usually for the sexual gratification of one or both persons.

    ULTRA BIZARRE FEMALE: Age 25, seeks to correspond with submissive men on female domination, foot worship, enema, golden shower and anus worship

    a. 1990, Bizarre Lifestyles, volume 1, number 1, page 53; quoted in Thomas Edward Murray, Thomas R. Murrell, The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989, →ISBN, page 77
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    Among the frequently requested and highly priced practices were the “golden shower” and “brown shower,” being urinated and defecated on in a sexual context.

    1985, Stanislav Grof, Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 218

    Synonyms: GS

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny member of the species Cassia fistula of trees of southern Asia.

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nounThe act of a person urinating on another, usually for the sexual gratification of one or both persons.

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Translations

Arabic خِيَار شَنْبَر, خَرُّوب هِنْدِيّ
  • خِيَار شَنْبَر (ḵiyār šanbar)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • خَرُّوب هِنْدِيّ (ḵarrūb hindiyy)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • قِثَّاء هِنْدِيّ (qiṯṯāʔ hindiyy)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
Catalan canyafistula
  • canyafistulathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Chinese Mandarin 黃金雨 /黄金雨
  • 黃金雨 /黄金雨 (huángjīnyǔ)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
Czech zlatá sprcha
  • zlatá sprchathe act of a person urinating on another
Dutch Indische goudenregen, trommelstokkenboom
  • Indische goudenregenthe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • trommelstokkenboomthe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Finnish kultasadekassia, kultainen suihku
  • kultasadekassiathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • kultainen suihkuthe act of a person urinating on another
French pluie d'or, douche dorée
  • pluie d'ora large bestowal of money
  • douche doréethe act of a person urinating on another
German Röhrenkassie
  • Röhrenkassiethe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Hebrew מִקְלַחַת זָהָב
  • מִקְלַחַת זָהָב (miqláḥat zaháv)the act of a person urinating on another
Hungarian mannakasszia, csőkasszia
  • mannakassziathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • csőkassziathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Japanese ナンバンサイカチ
  • ナンバンサイカチ (nanban-saikachi)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
Korean 카시아
  • 카시아 (kasia)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
Malay kayu raja, tengguli
  • kayu rajathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • tenggulithe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Persian خیار چنبر
  • خیار چنبر (xiyâr čanbar)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
Polish deszcz pieniędzy, strączyniec cewiasty
  • deszcz pieniędzya large bestowal of money
  • strączyniec cewiastythe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • złoty deszczthe act of a person urinating on another
Portuguese canafístula, chuva dourada
  • canafístulathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • chuva douradathe act of a person urinating on another
  • golden showerthe act of a person urinating on another
Russian ка́ссия тру́бчатая, золото́й дождь
  • ка́ссия тру́бчатая (kássija trúbčataja)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • золото́й дождь (zolotój doždʹ)the act of a person urinating on another
Spanish caña fístula, lluvia dorada
  • caña fístulathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • lluvia doradathe act of a person urinating on another
Swedish rörkassia, golden shower
  • rörkassiathe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • golden showerthe act of a person urinating on another
Thai คูน, ราชพฤกษ์
  • คูน (kuun)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • ราชพฤกษ์ (râat-chá-prʉ́k)the flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • ลมแล้งthe flowering plant Cassia fistula
Turkish hıyarşembe, Hint hıyarı
  • hıyarşembethe flowering plant Cassia fistula
  • Hint hıyarıthe flowering plant Cassia fistula
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