anal

Adjective

anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)

1. (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
   • anal thermometer
   • an anal examination
2. Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
3. (also, informal, mildly, 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.
   • Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
   • 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. (informal, vulgar) Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
   • This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.
5. Of a vein, proximate to the thorax.

Noun (1)

anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)

1. (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
2. (informal, uncountable) Anal sex.
   • In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
   • I'll do anything except anal.

Verb

anal (third-person singular simple present anals, present participle (US) analing or (UK) analling, simple past and past participle (US) analed or (UK) analled)

1. (rare, slang, transitive) To penetrate anally.
   • The man with the small cock analed the hot chick.
   • Analling anyone is the plan for the evening / I'm kidding, stop2011, “L.E.S.”, in Camp, performed by Childish Gambino

Proper noun capitalized: Anal

IPA/ə.nʌl/

Anal

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.

Noun (2) capitalized: Anal

IPA/ə.nʌl/

Anal (plural Anals)

1. An individual member of that ethnic group.