intercourses

Noun

intercourse (countable and uncountable, plural intercourses)

1. Communication, conversation.
   • Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine.1604 (first performance), George Chapman, Al Fooles: A Comedy, […], London: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, Act II, signature [D4], verso
2. Dealings between countries.
3. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade.
4. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection.
   • When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.2023 March 21, Zoe Williams, “The orgasm gap – and how to close it: ‘Don’t equate sex and penetration’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

   Synonyms:

   coitus, aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation

See all 6 meanings of intercourse