cunnilingus
/ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/
cunnilingus noun: performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.
Noun
cunnilingus (usually uncountable, plural cunnilinguses)
- Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.
- Synonyms:
- carpet munching, cunning linguistics, cuntlicking, dining at the Y, gamahuche, lip service, muff diving, pussy eating, brain, dome
- Someone who performs oral sex on the vulva.
- The stinking breath, hoarse voice, and snoring respiration of the cunnilingus, fellator and fellatrix, the effeminate, piping tone of the cinædus and irrumator, which excited the special scorn of the early satirical writers, were doubtless the expression of a catarrhal pharyngolaryngitis acquired...1887, John Noland Mackenzie, “Carcinoma of Larynx”, in Albert H. Buck, editor, A Reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied...
- Synonyms:
- cunnilinctor, cunnilinguist, muff-diver, carpet muncher, cuntlicker, cuntsucker, bowcat
cunnilingus meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian
cunnilingus in Tamil
- பெண்ணில்வாய், வாய் நெறிக்கோணம், குறிநக்கல், பெண் பாலுறுப்பை வாயினால் தூண்டல்
cunnilingus in Tagalog
- oral stimulation of the vulva
- brotsa
cunnilingus in Arabic
- oral stimulation of the vulva
- لَحْس بَظْر laḥs baẓr, لَعْق بَظْر laʕq baẓr
cunnilingus in Indonesian
- oral stimulation of the vulva
- jilmek
More languagesFewer languages
- cunnilingus in Persian
- کس لیسیدن kos lisidan
- cunnilingus in Vietnamese
- vét máng, ăn lồn, liếm lồn, bú lồn
Synonyms of cunnilingus
- carpet munching
- cunning linguistics
- cuntlicking
- dining at the Y
- gamahuche
- lip service
- muff diving
- pussy eating
- brain
- dome
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Forms of cunnilingus
| plural | cunnilinguses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | cunnilinctus |
Origin of cunnilingus
From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice.
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Questions about cunnilingus
- What does cunnilingus mean?
- Cunnilingus means performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.
- What is cunnilingus in Tamil?
- Cunnilingus in Tamil is பெண்ணில்வாய், வாய் நெறிக்கோணம், குறிநக்கல். See Cunnilingus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cunnilingus?
- Cunnilingus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cunnilingus?
- Cunnilingus is pronounced /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/.
- What is the plural of cunnilingus?
- The plural of cunnilingus is cunnilinguses.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cunnilingus (page history and authors); cunnilingus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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