orgasm
To have an orgasm.
Noun
- A spasm or sudden contraction.
- Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels. -...
- A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions.
- Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system. - 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 668
- There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it. - 2007 September 12, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian:
- A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur.
Origin
From French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, from Ancient Greek ὀργασμός (orgasmós, “excitement, swelling”), from ὀργάω (orgáō, “to swell with moisture”).
Forms
Synonyms
acme big O climax completion happy ending pleasure release satisfaction
Hyponyms
assgasm birthgasm bodygasm boobgasm braingasm diapergasm gymgasm mindgasm nipplegasm sissygasm yogasm
Related
Derived
airgasm dry orgasm fauxgasm -gasm Gorbasm head orgasm multiorgasm multiorgasmic multiorgasmically multiple orgasm orgasmatron orgasm balls orgasm gap orgasmic orgasmically orgasmless orgasmlike orgasm shot ruined orgasm screaming orgasm skin orgasm snoregasm superorgasm yogasm
Verb
- To have an orgasm.
Forms
Synonyms
climax come cum finish get off get the dirty water off one's chest