intercourse

C1 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/ UK /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/
noun Freq #10158

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Communication, conversation.

    Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.

  2. 2
    noun

    Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.

    When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.

  3. 3
    noun

    the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman

  4. 4
    noun

    communication between individuals

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · sexual intercourse,... actionaphrodisiaassbangbarney-muggingbeef injectionbonkingboom-boom
3 noun · the act of sexual... relation
4 noun · communication between... social intercourse
Word family
Derived forms intercoursalintercoursernonintercoursepreintercourse
Related forms outercourse

Etymology

From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus.

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