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afterplay

afterplay noun: affectionate interactions following a sexual act, such as cuddling, talking, or massaging.

Noun

afterplay (uncountable)

  1. Affectionate interactions following a sexual act, such as cuddling, talking, or massaging.
    • Afterplay is the set of interactions that occur after a sexual experience. Afterplay, also referred to as postcoital play, spans a wide variety of possible activities, including cuddling, holding hands, kissing, talking, stroking, massaging, or reengaging in sexual acts like oral sex, mutual...2021, Heather L. Armstrong, editor, Encyclopedia of Sex and Sexuality: Understanding Biology, Psychology, and Culture, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 2009
    Synonyms:
    postcoital play

Synonyms of afterplay

  • postcoital play

Origin of afterplay

From after- + play.

Questions about afterplay

What does afterplay mean?
Afterplay means affectionate interactions following a sexual act, such as cuddling, talking, or massaging.
What part of speech is afterplay?
Afterplay is a noun.

Words near afterplay in the dictionary

  1. afterpeak
  2. afterpeaks
  3. afterperception
  4. afterpiece
  5. afterpieces
  6. afterplay
  7. afterpotential
  8. afterpotentials
  9. afterpulse
  10. afterpulses
  11. afterpulsing

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