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battered sav

battered sav noun: a saveloy that has been coated in batter and deep fried.

Noun

battered sav (plural battered savs)

  1. (Australia) A saveloy that has been coated in batter and deep fried.
    • Michael and his brother Richard ate battered savs on sticks as they walked across the carpark towards the beach.1995, Quadrant - Volume 39, page 80
    • When they demanded Oddy's licence, they were also demanding a bribe and a free battered sav too from Oddy.2008, George Papaellinas, The Trip: An Odyssey, →ISBN, page 88
  2. (Australia, humorous) A men's gymnastic move where the gymnast leaps into the air, landing in a push-up position in which his groin touches the floor, or, by extension, any maneuver that results in crushing the male groin.
    • You forgot to mention their commentary on the men's gymnastics: : "Flatbag... into a hello boys... and an I'm over here. Straight into a : battered sav! Oh yes Roy, very battered." The women's wasn't too bad either. "ANOTHER Dutch wink!".2000 September 18, John Burrage, “Is the outside world watching this?”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet)
    • What will they think of next? How about synchronised battered-sav from the 10m platform, or maybe a flat-bag would get the point across better :-)2000 September 25, Klint Gore, “Diving”, in aus.tv.pay (Usenet)

Examples of battered sav in a sentence

  • He was gone that quick he left three pieces of flathead and a battered sav still bubbling in the oil as he and his wife and six kids ran out the door.2016, Robert G. Barrett, The Boys from Binjiwunyawunya, →ISBN:
  • So our calling of it could be as – 'the battered sav' is a visual description of what might be called the Hadfield, and I think that this is the great mystery.2003, Garrie Hutchinson, The Best Australian Sports Writing 2003, →ISBN, page 225:
  • But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.2016 September 11, Emily Power, “Main bathroom reveals on The Block: hold on for the bathroom without a toot”, in Domain News:

Forms of battered sav

pluralbattered savs

Origin of battered sav

From a shortened form of saveloy sausage. When used to refer to a gymnastics move or similar, the term was first coined by Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson on "The Dream" in their commentary on the 2000 Olympics Men's Gymnastics (because the gymnast "batters his sav").

Questions about battered sav

What does battered sav mean?
Battered sav means a saveloy that has been coated in batter and deep fried.
How do you use battered sav in a sentence?
He was gone that quick he left three pieces of flathead and a battered sav still bubbling in the oil as he and his wife and six kids ran out the door.
What part of speech is battered sav?
Battered sav is a noun.
What is the plural of battered sav?
The plural of battered sav is battered savs.

Words near battered sav in the dictionary

  1. battercakes
  2. battered
  3. battered baby syndrome
  4. battered child syndrome
  5. battered person syndrome
  6. battered sav
  7. battered savs
  8. battered woman syndrome
  9. batteree
  10. batterees
  11. batterer

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