silicone

noun

1. 1

   Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.

   [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.

verb

1. 1

   To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.

   silicone the bathtub to the tile

   Structural glazing or siliconing of window units is, according to Donald F. Kelly, Jr., president of AMPAT, the bonding of glass to a metal frame.

2. 2

   informalTo enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone.

   The next girl, with huge, perfectly spherical, siliconed breasts perched high on her slender chest, got the loudest roar. ‘Oh, there are two things I like about her!’ shouted the DJ. ‘How about you, boys?’

adjective

1. 1

   slangHaving had cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargement.

   Besides, the bevy of silicone beauties surrounding him would have been difficult, not to mention ego-crushing, to wade through.

   They want to see men covered in sweat, lying in bed with some unknown, blank, silicone actresses — they want sculpted bodies, they don't give a shit about performance.

   Nowadays it is a cliché to associate silicone women with narco aesthetics, overdrawn Pamela Anderson clones popularized by telenovelas.

Forms

plural

silicones

past tense

siliconed

past participle

siliconed

present participle

siliconing

third person singular

silicones