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SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Synonyms:
carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sexual intercourse" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Meronyms (parts of "sexual intercourse"):
insemination (the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexual intercourse"):
defloration (the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse))
ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup (slang for 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)
Context examples:
International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks when you attempted sexual intercourse, how often were you able to penetrate (enter) your partner?
(IIEF - Able to Penetrate Your Partner, NCI Thesaurus)
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