|

coitus

Coitus is a word for sex, specifically vaginal sex that includes penetration and ejaculation. A couple has achieved coitus when they've had sex.

This word may sound a little unusual to you because it's an old technical term for sex. Very few friends sitting around talking about sex will describe it as coitus, unless they're talking about The Big Lebowski, a movie that makes humorous mention of this old-fashioned term. Coitus may remind you of copulation and fornication: two other fancy words for sex.

DEFINITIONS OF: coitus

1

n the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

Synonyms:
carnal knowledge, coition, congress, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation
Types:
show 7 types...
hide 7 types...
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
extramarital sex, free love
sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
incest
sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
Type of:
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
activities associated with sexual intercourse
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES