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exercise the ferret

exercise the ferret verb: of a man: to have penetrative sexual intercourse.

Verb

exercise the ferret (third-person singular simple present exercises the ferret, present participle exercising the ferret, simple past and past participle exercised the ferret)

  1. (Australia, humorous, slang) Of a man: to have penetrative sexual intercourse.
    • And while you're up send someone to fetch two women. I feel like exercising the ferret tonight.1991, Marcus Clark, Sheba's Vow, page 404
    • […] some good-hearted old tart with whom to exercise the ferret.1995, Fabulous at Fifty: Fifty of the best from Australian short stories, page 292

Forms of exercise the ferret

third-person singular presentexercises the ferret
present participleexercising the ferret
past participleexercised the ferret
pastexercised the ferret

Questions about exercise the ferret

What does exercise the ferret mean?
Exercise the ferret means of a man: to have penetrative sexual intercourse.
What part of speech is exercise the ferret?
Exercise the ferret is a verb.
What is the past tense of exercise the ferret?
The past tense of exercise the ferret is exercised the ferret.

Words near exercise the ferret in the dictionary

  1. exercise machines
  2. exercise price
  3. exercise prices
  4. exercise regime
  5. exercise regimes
  6. exercise the ferret
  7. exercise track
  8. exercise tracks
  9. exercise wheel
  10. exercise wheels
  11. exercised

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