casaba
See also: cãsãbã
English
Etymology
From Turkish Kasaba, a town in Turkey, now Turgutlu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈsɑː.bə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːbə
Noun
casaba (plural casabas)
- A cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
- (usually in the plural, slang) The adult female breast.
- 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):
- Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas . […] Well, you know. Melons. […] Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons? […] I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas? […] Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
Synonyms
- (breast): See Thesaurus:breasts.
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
casaba
- first-person singular imperfect indicative of casar
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of casar
Galician
Verb
casaba
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of casar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قصبه (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Noun
casaba f (plural casabale)
- (obsolete) casbah
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | casaba | casabaua | casabale | casabalele | |
| genitive-dative | casabale | casabalei | casabale | casabalelor | |
| vocative | casaba | casabalelor | |||
References
- casaba in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Verb
casaba
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of casar