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Definition of Foreplay

1. Noun. Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.

Definition of Foreplay

1. Noun. In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal, sometimes in preparation for sexual intercourse or another act meant to bring about orgasm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foreplay

1. erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse [n -PLAYS]

Medical Definition of Foreplay

1. Stimulative sexual activity preceding sexual intercourse. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreplay

Literary usage of Foreplay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"forelimb (of animal). chifi (va., Tbl.): prod the female- genitals with the penis in sexual foreplay. foreskin foreplay kura-i (unsp., Tbl.): exposed (of ..."

2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"For example, erection may be possible during foreplay but may dwindle as coitus is attempted. Other men report the ability to achieve erections while ..."

3. Isaiah Berlin's Counter-Enlightenment by Joseph Mali, Robert Wokler (2003)
"... of France: A Study of Revolutionary foreplay," Studies in the Eighteenth Century, 6, special issue of Eighteenth-Century Life, 11 (1987), pp. 94-116. ..."

4. The Health Gap: Beyond Pregnancy and Reproduction by Jennifer Kitts, Janet Hatcher Roberts (1996)
"Women need to be trained in how to use condoms and how to include them in sexual foreplay (Pesce 1994). It is also crucial that false beliefs be corrected ..."

5. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"... crazily so—somewhere in telling his story, he's figured out that sex is a foregone conclusion, and now they're just getting through some nice foreplay. ..."

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