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countable and uncountable, plural bamboos
A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem. quotations examples
However, the late Hsia and the Shang were considerably warmer, possibly comparable to Hang-chou today, an area where bamboo proliferates.
2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, page 490
(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc. examples
(countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment. examples
(slang) A didgeridoo.
(slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
not comparable
Made of the wood of the bamboo. examples
third-person singular simple present bamboos, present participle bambooing, simple past and past participle bambooed
(transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane. quotations examples
[…] the beadle is punished by fine, and sometimes bambooed, if robberies are too frequent within his jurisdiction, or if he fails to secure the person of any malefactor particularly wanted by his superior officers.
1880, Herbert Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., Vol. II, p. 18, footnote
(transitive) To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo. quotations examples
The craze for bambooing furniture and accessories was one of many popular paint techniques in the 18th century and early Victorian era.
1994, Penny Swift, The Complete Book of Paint Techniques, New Holland, page 67
(India, slang) To penetrate sexually. quotations
If you're just a girl from Lucknow, with no fluid cash, you'll be just one more among thousands going from producer to producer by auto-rickshaw, and every photographer who agrees to take a picture for your portfolio will want to introduce you to his bed upstairs in the loft. And what you'll get out of all this in the end is a lot of bambooing and maybe a dance or two in his videos.
2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, Penguin, published 2008
One scene of attachment and intimacy shows Vijay careening into their shared apartment dead drunk and insulting a praying Ajay for his devotion to the household god, Hanuman […] , saying that instead of being rescued Ajay will be "bamboo-ed," a popular slang for anal penetration.
2013, Nandini Bhattacharya, chapter 5, in Hindi Cinema: Repeating the Subject, London: Routledge