"Lewinsky" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Lewinsky.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From a Slavic language, which added a patronymic suffix to the ultimately Hebrew root לוי (leví, “priest”), an occupational surname. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{uder|en|he|-}} Hebrew, {{m|he|לוי||priest|tr=leví}} לוי (leví, “priest”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lewinsky
  1. A surname. Categories (topical): Bill and Hillary Clinton
    Sense id: en-Lewinsky-en-name-EMUC1F3L Disambiguation of Bill and Hillary Clinton: 58 24 19 Categories (other): English surnames, English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-Lewinsky.ogg [Australia] Forms: Lewinskys [plural]
Etymology: From a 1998 sex scandal between US President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} Lewinsky (plural Lewinskys)
  1. (slang) An instance of fellatio. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: blowjob
    Sense id: en-Lewinsky-en-noun-9URqLbpR Disambiguation of Sex: 25 72 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 52 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 46 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 61 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: En-au-Lewinsky.ogg [Australia] Forms: Lewinskys [present, singular, third-person], Lewinskying [participle, present], Lewinskyed [participle, past], Lewinskyed [past]
Etymology: From a 1998 sex scandal between US President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Head templates: {{en-verb|Lewinskys|Lewinskying|Lewinskyed}} Lewinsky (third-person singular simple present Lewinskys, present participle Lewinskying, simple past and past participle Lewinskyed)
  1. (transitive, slang) To perform fellatio on. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-Lewinsky-en-verb-YxgTxhLa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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