name · noun · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈɹəʊz.bʌd/
US:/ˈɹoʊz.bʌd/
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Meaning 1
A coastal town in Victoria, Australia, named after the wreck of the cargo ship "Rosebud".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 2
A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in Warrick County, Indiana, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 6
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Indiana, United States.
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Meaning 7
A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 8
An unincorporated community in Rosebud County, Montana, United States, probably named after the Rosebud Creek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 9
An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 10
A census-designated place in Todd County, South Dakota, United States, situated on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 11
A city in Falls County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 12
A river in Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 13
The bud of a rose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Holonyms: rose < rosebush
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noun
Meaning 14
A pretty young woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, sometimes
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Meaning 15
A debutante.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, rare
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Meaning 16
Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Meaning 17
A mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney
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the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning 19
The anus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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Synonyms: a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass, back alley, back door, back passage, balloon knot, batty, batty hole, bootyhole, bottom, brown eye, browneye, bumhole, bum, bung-hole, bunghole, bungus, butthole, buttonhole, chocolate channel, chocolate starfish, chuff, cinnamon ring, clacka, clacker, cornhole, craphole, cumhole, dinger, ding, dock, dookie hole, dung funnel, exit hole, fartbox, farthole, fourth point of contact, freckle, fuckhole, fudge tunnel, fundament, Gary Glitter, gump stump, Hershey highway, jacksie, jacksy, keister, leather cheerio, love hole, other end, poop chute, pooper, poophole, rear exit, rectum, ringpiece, rosebud, rusty sheriff's badge, shithole, shitter, sluthole, smelly freckle, starfish, stinkhole, tewel, tooter, tradesman's entrance, turd cutter, vent, wazoo, where the sun don't shine, windpipe, ying-yang
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Meaning 20
The clitoris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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Synonyms: bean, butter bean, boy in the boat, button, clit, clitoris, devil's doorbell, happy button, jewel, kernel, knob, little man in the boat, lovebud, love button, nub, nubbin, panic button, pearl, skittle, sugar plum, sweet spot
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Meaning 21
A woman's nipples, namely when erect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, slang
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A member of the most junior division of the Girl Guides Association, now called a Brownie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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noun
Meaning 23
Something similar to the ‘Rosebud’ in the movie Citizen Kane in that it is a mysterious clue which provides profound insight into the character of a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 24
(a literary reference to) a pretty young girl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
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noun
Meaning 25
the bud of a rose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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