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How to pronounce “anal”

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Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of anal with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Why I Gave My Teenage Daughter a Vibratorand wondered if it was really true that second base was anal sex.
Definition summary
(not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]

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How to pronounce anal

Why I Gave My Teenage Daughter a Vibrator

and wondered if it was really true that second base was anal sex.

Example Sentences

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Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]
  • (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from 20th c.]
  • (psychology, also informal, vulgar) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]
  • (informal, vulgar) Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
  • (entomology) Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.
  • [Noun]
  • (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
  • (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, slang, rare, chiefly in pornography) To penetrate anally.

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