amazon

IPA: ˈæmʌzɑn

Root Word: Amazon

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
A female warrior.
A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
(sometimes attributive) A river in South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.
(sometimes attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.
Amazon.com Inc, a very large Internet retailer.
A tall, strong, athletic woman.
A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
An amazon parrot
A vaginal sexual position in which the penetrating partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the penetrating partner, squats onto their penis

(transitive) To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.

Examples of "amazon" in Sentences

The word 'amazon' isn't even linked to black people.
I cannot find any reference to a racial slur and the word 'amazon.'
Well, if you live in an area without a bookstore, amazon is still vaguely cool.
And I have been buying books again (amazon is my friend) rather than going to the library.
January 13, 2010 at 10: 22 pm amazon is shipping the paperback but not a kindle edition? paul84 says:
I haven´t written a review in amazon for months, but I´ll do so for Angel´s Blood during the weekend!!
In the longer term amazon may buy Ecalyptus so they can supply hybrid clouds which wolud move them more towards the enterprise software business.
Not once, in all the headlines that claim that amazon is apologizing, is there an actual quote from a actual amazon rep apologizing for the bigoted failure.
Many have argued that NY state doesn’t deserve to collect sales tax from amazon. com on sales to NY residents because amazon is not located in NY and doesn’t benefit from NY govt spending.
Sunday, March 15 2009 it seems that amazon is coming up faster by the day. and eBay is now the land of the community less marketplace, while others such as bonanzle and wigix are trying to capitalize on this and promoting their social aspect. only time will tell what happens to this volatile market!