amazon — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A tall, strong, athletic woman.

   Esempi

   Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.

2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   In Triple-guard promotion chess (GPJ) a pawn newly triple-guarded by pieces other than pawns promotes to the combined value of the guarding pieces. Thus after b3 in the opening position a3 promotes to amazon, R+B+N, from triple guard by Ra1, Nb1, Bc1.

   The amazon is simply a queen-knight hybrid, capable of moving as either piece.

3. An amazon parrot.

4. A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.

   Contrari

   mating press

Sostantivo

1. a large strong and aggressive woman

   Sinonimi

   virago

   Termini più generali

   womanadult female

2. mainly green tropical American parrots

   Termini più generali

   parrot