Meanings (ES + gloss)
barra • fierro • rodillo • vara • vírgula
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod, and then straightening it.
Which makes the concept known as Rods From God the ultimate form of kinetic weaponry. This theoretical weapon would drop telephone pole sized rods of dense tungsten from a satellit…
caña
A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.
bastón
A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.
verga
The penis.
[I'm gonna][…]throw some vaseline right in the crack a your ass, then I'm gonna shove my rod in your open hole and try to pacify your ornery soul.
Phrases
Aaron's rodAuer rodCuisenaire rodLenker rodLightning_conductor Lightning conductorMosaical rodRhineland rodWheatstone's rodanglerodaxlerodboning rodcarpet rodcleaning rodcon rodconnecting rodconrodcontrol rodcounting rodcoupling rodcurtain roddicker-roddivining roddowsing roddrawrodferrodfit rodflatrodfly rodfly-rodflying rodflyrodforty-rodfuckrodfuel rodgoldenrodgreen rodhot rodinterrodkiss the rodlightning rod
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