Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plug of absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to stop a flow of blood or to absorb secretions, especially one designed for insertion into the vagina during menstruation.
- transitive verb To plug or stop with a tampon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, a plug inserted to stop hemorrhage.
- noun In hair-dressing, a cushion of curled hair or the like, used to support the hair in a puff or roll.
- noun See the quotation.
- In surgery, to plug tightly, as a wound or a natural orifice, with cotton, linen, or other form of tampon, to stop hemorrhage, to dilate the orifice, or for other purposes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Surg.) To plug with a tampon.
- noun (Surg.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, absorb secretions (as from menstruation), or for the application of medicine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
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plug (awound ) with a tampon orcompress .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
- verb plug with a tampon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Saw a guy use a tampon on Expedition Africa on TV, Worked good, though why he had a tampon is a question.
What is the best way to start a fire in a hurry in the outdoors without matches etc. 2009
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Saw a guy use a tampon on Expedition Africa on TV, Worked good, though why he had a tampon is a question.
What is the best way to start a fire in a hurry in the outdoors without matches etc. 2009
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In response to the commenter Lee, anyone who refers to a feminist backlash as a "tempest in a tampon" is not going to like or understand the answers to any questions he might ask.
My Report report 2009
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I find it interesting that out of all of the things that you can make a stun gun be disguised as, some thought a tampon was the most appropriate.
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* Soak a tampon in probiotic yogurt and leave in place for a couple of hours
EzineArticles 2010
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To do this, soak a tampon with plain yogurt and insert it inside you.
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(Also, I was shut down hard tonight when I said something about a "tampon," reminded by my ladies that a tampon is a very different device than a feminine pad.
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The "tampon" is number candles -- and, judging by their shape, I don't believe the recipient is pre-pubescent, as steph contends...
I Respectfully Disagree Jen 2008
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– The only kind of tampon available here is OB, and you can get them at many of the bigger grocery stores.
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What’s really vulgar is that Rush, the leader of the teabagger’s, has to use the term tampon in calling a listener down.
ruzuzu commented on the word tampon
"In hair-dressing, a cushion of curled hair or the like, used to support the hair in a puff or roll."
- Century Dictionary
August 11, 2010