fetish

Definition

  • noun: a strong and unusual need or desire for something
  • noun: an object (as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
  • synonyms: baal, juggernaut, amulet

Examples

  • a foot 'fetishist' [=a person who has a foot fetish]

  • He wore a 'fetish' to ward off evil spirits.

  • He has a 'fetish' for secrecy.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) She only smiles in a chagrined, loving manner... And then presents her mouth for fucking. She likes what he likes. So evidently, he's a vinyl hipster who loves fetish manga. If he likes girls gone wild, she's a mall babe... Who talks football and endures buffalo wings at Hooters. (..)
    2014 Gone Girl
  • (..) You're stunned, I know. Hard to believe, isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior... ...there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. That is not funny, Gordon. Yeah, I know. I'm useless without a studio audience. I've seen people go to jail (..)
    2005 V for Vendetta
  • (..) Got a batch of personals. Dispatching them to your laptops now. I don't need to read Vogel's weird German fetish emails. They're telemetry updates. Hey, whatever does it for you, man. There's a video message. (..)
    2015 The Martian