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babooning

babooning noun: caning the backside profusely, an abusive initiation ritual to which trainee soldiers are subjected. Also the present participle and gerund of baboon.

Noun

babooning (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Caning the backside profusely, an abusive initiation ritual to which trainee soldiers are subjected.
  2. (vulgar) A sexual act by which the rectum of a person prolapses due to excessive anal sex.

Also used as

babooning is also the present participle and gerund of baboon.

Origin of babooning

From baboon + -ing: in the sense of caning, because of the bright red buttocks (like those of a baboon) that result.

Questions about babooning

What does babooning mean?
Babooning means caning the backside profusely, an abusive initiation ritual to which trainee soldiers are subjected.
What part of speech is babooning?
Babooning is a noun.

Words near babooning in the dictionary

  1. baboon-monkeys
  2. babooneries
  3. baboonery
  4. babooness
  5. baboonesses
  6. babooning
  7. baboonish
  8. baboonize
  9. baboonized
  10. baboonizes
  11. baboonizing

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