| bamboo | |
| 1. n. A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe. | |
| 2. n. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane. | |
| 3. n. A didgeridoo. | |
| 4. n. (slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home. | |
| 5. adj. Made of the wood of the bamboo. | |
| 6. v. To flog with a bamboo cane. | |
| 7. v. To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo. | |
| 8. v. (India, slang) To penetrate sexually. | |
