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man crushes

man crushes is the plural of man crush.

Meaning of man crush

Noun

man crush (plural man crushes)

  1. (colloquial) An intense and typically non-sexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration from one man to another man.
    • Another interesting note from the Super Bowl: aside from my season-long man-crush, Stephen Davis (who ultimately let me down in Week 15), and maybe his Panther teammate WR Steve Smith, who had a good season (when he wasn’t beating the shit out of his own teammates in team meetings, that is), there...2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confession of a Fantasy Football Junkie, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 278
  2. (colloquial) A crush on (sexual attraction toward) a man.
    • “[…] Her old man crushes were always just that—crushes. But maybe she really is dating him. […]”2004, Joyce Anthony Huff, Meadowlark, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 52

Questions about man crushes

What is man crushes the plural of?
Man crushes is the plural of man crush.

Words near man crushes in the dictionary

  1. man caves
  2. man child
  3. man children
  4. Man City
  5. man crush
  6. man crushes
  7. man cunt
  8. man cunts
  9. man date
  10. man dates
  11. man day

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