sex act

/sɛks ækt/
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Other forms: sex acts

Definitions of sex act
  1. noun
    the act of engaging in sexual intercourse
    synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, relation, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation
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    defloration
    the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
    ass, 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 of inserting the penis into a partner's vagina or anus
    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
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