-gasm
UK/-ɡæz.əm/
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New Zealand/-ɡɛz.əm/
-gasm suffix: forms nouns for a method of orgasm.
Suffix
-gasm (noun-forming suffix, plural -gasms)
- Forms nouns for a method of orgasm.
- nipple + -gasm → nipplegasm
- Forms nouns for an intensely “explosive” or pleasurable experience.
- ear + -gasm → eargasm
- The temple of bodies / A building with souls / Given the cosmos / As we let go / As we let go / Locked in a dance / Surrounding the moon / This far from the clouds / Stargasm flows2011, “Stargasm”, in The Hunter, performed by Mastodon
Forms of -gasm
| plural | -gasms |
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Origin of -gasm
Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”).
Words that rhyme with -gasm
Questions about -gasm
- What does -gasm mean?
- -gasm means forms nouns for a method of orgasm.
- What part of speech is -gasm?
- -gasm is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -gasm?
- -gasm is pronounced /-ɡæz.əm/ (UK).
Words near -gasm in the dictionary
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