weaver n.
1. (Irish) a male copulator [the threading (i.e. thread v.1 (1)) movements of weaving].
‘Shale’s Rambles’ in A. Carpenter Verse in Eng. in 18C Ireland (1998) 504: So now you maids that love the trade, and now has took the notion, / Apply to me, we’ll soon agree, I’ll put your loom in motion, / [...] / To raise a twill with art and skill, for I’m the Lurgan weaver. |
2. (US) a poor driver who weaves from lane to lane along the road.
AS XXXV:4 312: For a long time we have heard of the weaver, the driver who shifts from lane to lane in driving. | ||
Tel. (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 30/1: Then we have the weaver, who careers from lane to lane, passing other cars right and left . | ||
‘Weavers’ on MotorCity 🌐 Weavers are the single biggest annoyance (and danger) on Bay Area roads today. Case in point: the I-280 commute south from SF to San Jose every morning. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
(UK Und.) a sprat.
Swell’s Night Guide 50: Send I may live! if the stench of Fuzzy’s lumber didn’t turn four pads of weavers’ beef (sprats) vot I brought from the gate all alive. |
(UK Und.) porter.
New and Improved Flash Dict. |