amazon

noun4

1. •
   A tall, strong, athletic woman.

   • Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.
2. •
   An amazon parrot.
3. •
   A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.

   • The amazon is simply a queen-knight hybrid, capable of moving as either piece. — 2018
4. •
   A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.

noun5

1. •
   [before a noun] A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.
2. •
   A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

   • When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms. — 1981
3. •
   A female warrior.
4. •
   A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
5. •
   Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.

verb2

1. •
   To order (something) on Amazon.

   • […] “There are people who Uber everywhere, who Seamless everything, who Amazon everything, and render their lives completely smooth.” — 2025
2. •
   To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.

   • Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller. — 1998