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getting any

getting any verb: having sex (habitually, not currently).

Verb

getting any

  1. (euphemistic) Having sex (habitually, not currently).
    • He's just grumpy because he's not getting any.
    • Are you getting any?

Examples of getting any in a sentence

  • These were the questions boys asked other boys at my school (a school which contained only boys): ‘Are you getting any?’; ‘Does she let you have any?’; ‘How much does she let you have?’ and so on.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 15:
  • When you haven't been getting any, other people notice that....1997, Marga Gomez, Hung Like a Fly (comedy album):

Questions about getting any

What does getting any mean?
Getting any means having sex (habitually, not currently).
How do you use getting any in a sentence?
These were the questions boys asked other boys at my school (a school which contained only boys): ‘Are you getting any?’; ‘Does she let you have any?’; ‘How much does she let you have?’ and so on.
What part of speech is getting any?
Getting any is a verb.

Words near getting any in the dictionary

  1. getting ahead of oneself
  2. getting ahold of
  3. getting ahold of oneself
  4. getting along
  5. getting amongst it
  6. getting any
  7. getting around
  8. getting around to
  9. getting at
  10. getting away
  11. getting away with

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