SEX ACT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

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Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sex act" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Meronyms (parts of "sex act"):

insemination (the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sex act"):

defloration (the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse))

hank panky (illicit sexual intercourse)

penetration (the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman)

criminal congress; unlawful carnal knowledge (forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals)