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do the nasties

do the nasties is the alternative form of do the nasty.

Meaning of do the nasty

Verb

do the nasty (third-person singular simple present does the nasty, present participle doing the nasty, simple past did the nasty, past participle done the nasty)

  1. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    • HILDA. But do you remember what you wanted me to do? The nasty—thing I thought was nasty? […] BERT. No, Hilda. Go like you came. Leave this place with your various virginities intact.1968, Gus Weill, To Bury a Cousin: A Two Act Play, →ISBN, page 59

Forms of do the nasties

third-person singular presentdoes the nasties
present participledoing the nasties
pastdid the nasties
past participledone the nasties

Questions about do the nasties

What is do the nasties the alternative form of?
Do the nasties is the alternative form of do the nasty.

Words near do the nasties in the dictionary

  1. do the job
  2. do the laundry
  3. do the mahi
  4. do the math
  5. do the most
  6. do the nasties
  7. do the nasty
  8. do the needful
  9. do the power of good
  10. do the proper thing
  11. do the right thing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: do the nasties (page history and authors); do the nasty (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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