camel toeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

camel toe (plural camel toes)

1. Alternative spelling of cameltoe.
2. (volleyball) Knurled fingers.
   • 1997, Steven Boga, Volleyball‎, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 83:

     When contacting the ball with one hand, it must be cleanly hit with the heel or palm of the hand (a roll shot), with straight, locked fingertips (a cobra), knurled fingers (a camel toe), or the back of the hand from the wrist to the knuckles.

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語源

Compound of camel +‎ toe, from a reference to the visual similarity in appearance to the two toes of a camel’s hoof.

発音

名詞

cameltoe (plural cameltoes)

1. (slang) The visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.

   Synonyms: frontal wedgie, moose knuckle, ninja foot

   • 2003, Matt Goias, “Cameltoe”, performed by FannyPack:

     fix yourself girl / you got a cameltoe

   • 2003 May 23, Kelefah Sanneh, “Fashion Tip in Rap for Brooklyn Girls”, in New York Times‎:

     A good question, although answering it requires a certain tact. Cameltoe is slang for a fashion faux pas caused by women wearing snug pants; the term suggests a visual analogy. The song is a cautionary tale, intended to help victims – help them, that is, by ridiculing them – into recovery.

   • 2006 April 21, Kathleen Fasanella, “Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1”, in Fashion Incubator‎, archived from the original on 16 October 2015:

     Most of the time, camel toe is rarely the extreme you see on certain websites; it's more subtle than that. Most of the time, camel toe is caused by wearing pants that are too big—in one specific area—making a reciprocal area too small. It's an engineering problem, not a weight problem. In fact, here's a skinny mannequin. If she's got a camel toe, everyone else will too.

   • 2007 November 27, Hadley Freeman, “Miaow!”, in The Guardian‎:

     Alicia Keyes generously saves me from having to explain what exactly a camel toe is in anatomical detail, but for those who need a little help, let's just say the words "crotch outline" and let that suffice.

2. (slang) The pudendal cleft itself.

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• Cameltoe Harris

動詞

cameltoe (third-person singular simple present cameltoes, present participle cameltoeing, simple past and past participle cameltoed)

1. (rare, slang, intransitive) To wear a piece of clothing such that the outline of the labia is visible.

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