foreplay
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)pleɪ/
foreplay noun: the acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
Noun
foreplay (uncountable)
- The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
- Actually in quick undressing or actual lovemaking modern nylons usually get ruined, but if you keep your nails and fingers smooth taking them off gently makes good foreplay, along with mutual undressing generally.1972, Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex, Crown, pages 215–216
- Root (Amy Acker): Hey, sweetie, you busy? / Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi): A little. Skip the verbal foreplay, Root. Why you calling? / Root: Can't a couple of gals take a little break from work to catch up?2015 January 6, Denise Thé, “If-Then-Else”, in Chris Fisher, director, Person of Interest, season 4, episode 11
- Synonyms:
- contrectation, foresex
Verb
foreplay (third-person singular simple present foreplays, present participle foreplaying, simple past and past participle foreplayed)
- To engage in foreplay.
- I decided, while we were foreplaying, that I must get a supply, just in case.2002, M. D. Bifford Debs, The Writer - Page 102
- We grabbed each other, roughly kissing and tossing covers and pillows about in our frantic lovemaking. We foreplayed and foreplayed, teased and teased again.2005, Charles E. Schwarz, The Lonely Detective Gets Nasty and Other Murder Mysteries - Page 65
foreplay meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
foreplay in Hindi
- फोरप्ले, फ़ोरप्ले, फोरप्ले करें
foreplay in Tamil
- foreplay
- பாலுணர்வூட்டல் pāluṇarvūṭṭal
foreplay in Marathi
- foreplay
- प्रणय praṇay
foreplay in Bengali
- ফোরপ্লে, ফোরপ্লেয়িং, ফোরপ্লে করতে
More languagesFewer languages
- foreplay in Telugu
- ఫోర్ప్లే
- foreplay in Malayalam
- ഫോർപ്ലേ, ഫോർപ്ലേ ചെയ്യാൻ
- foreplay in Kannada
- ಫೋರ್ಪ್ಲೇ
- foreplay in Punjabi
- ਫੋਰਪਲੇ, ਫੋਰਪਲੇਅ, ਫ਼ੋਰਪਲੇ
- foreplay in Gujarati
- ફોરપ્લે, ફોરપ્લેઇંગ, ફોરપ્લેઈંગ
- foreplay in Odia
- ଫୋରପ୍ଲେ, ଫୋର୍ପ୍ଲେ
- foreplay in Nepali
- फोरप्ले, फोर्प्ले, फोरप्लेइङ
- foreplay in Persian
- عشقبازی 'ešq-bâzi
Examples of foreplay in a sentence
- Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!
- The process of flirting, foreplay and ultimately barneymugging can be used for or against you.
- Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay.
Synonyms of foreplay
Forms of foreplay
| third-person singular present | foreplays |
|---|---|
| present participle | foreplaying |
| past participle | foreplayed |
| past | foreplayed |
Origin of foreplay
From fore- + play.
Words that rhyme with foreplay
Questions about foreplay
- What does foreplay mean?
- Foreplay means the acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
- What is foreplay in Hindi?
- Foreplay in Hindi is फोरप्ले, फ़ोरप्ले, फोरप्ले करें. See Foreplay meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foreplay?
- Foreplay can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce foreplay?
- Foreplay is pronounced /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pleɪ/.
Words near foreplay in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreplay (page history and authors); foreplay (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreplay (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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