Zebra

Zebra Meanings:

• Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands
• (UK, Commonwealth) IPA(key): /ˈzɛbɹə/ Hyphenation: zeb‧ra
• (Canadian, US and traditional British English) IPA(key): /ˈziːbɹə/
• Rhymes: (UK, Commonwealth) -ɛbɹə, -iːbɹə
• Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
• (medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)
• (medicine, by extension) Someone who has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder
• (vulgar, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
• Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.
• (biracial person): The term zebra, as used in its pejorative sense, was popularized on the television situation comedy The Jeffersons. The term was used by the series protagonist, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), to express disdain for his daughter-in-law, Jenny Willis Jefferson, whose father was white and mother was black.
• (animal of genus Equus): Burchell's zebra, Grevy's zebra, quagga, plains zebra, mountain zebra
• (unlikely diagnosis): fascinoma
• (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈze.bɾə/
• “zebra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• a zebra; any of three species of genus Equus: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa
• A zebra, a black-and-white striped equid of the genus Equus; Equus zebra, Equus quagga or Equus grevyi.
• A zebra crossing, a pedestrian crossing. Synonym: zebrapad
• (pedestrian crossing): oversteekplaats
• ekveda (“equid”)
• (biology) zebra (animal)
• (road transport) pedestrian crossing, crosswalk, zebra crossing
• (crosswalk): gyalogátkelőhely
• IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.bra/
• (in the plural, informal) zebra crossing/crosswalk
• zebra (striped mammal of the genus Equus)
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “zebra”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
• (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈze.bra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.bra/,
• zebra (any equid of the subgenus Hippotigris)
• (colloquial) crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) Synonyms: pasy, przejście dla pieszych
• (Brazil, slang) A victorious competitor initially thought unlikely to win, especially in sports; an underdog Synonym: azarão
• (Brazil, slang) an unexpected result in a competition
• (Brazil, derogatory) idiot, stupid Synonym: burro
• (Portugal, informal) vice, a bad habit
• (motor racing) curb (line of flat curbstones on the corners of racing tracks)
• The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “zebra-macho” for male, and “zebra-fêmea” for female.
• Italian: zebraEnglish: zebra
• inflection of zebrar: third-person singular present indicative
• “zebra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “zebra” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “zebra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• [slang] TWENTY-FIVE sizes larger than a A bra.
• [slang] An offspring of a white and black relationship
• [slang] Like a horse, but better. Zebras have many stripes, and a sophisticated color palette making them superior to every other creature in the animal kingdom. They are practically the real-life version of a unicorn, only with less sparkles and more stripes. Zebras are so self confident, they don’t try to blend in, they stand out. Zebras are very rare, and spotting one is a once in a lifetime experience. If you find a zebra in the wild, make sure you catch it and bring it home with you for good luck.
• [slang] (n) common slang term for referees or field officials in certain sports (particularly in American football) due to the white and black striped uniforms
• [slang] Any of several swift, wild, horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, having distinctive overall markings of alternating white and black or brown stripes.
• [slang] A person who is half black and half white. Often times offensive.
• [slang] 1. A tasty gum of many differently flavored and colored sticks.
• [slang] when you go on a tanning bed and you dont have a boner so when you get a boner it will be striped like a zebra
• [slang] A horse-like animal with black and white stripes.
• [slang] ze garment which covers ze bosom