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sloppy seconds

sloppy seconds noun: having sex with someone soon after the person has had sex with someone else.

Noun

sloppy seconds (uncountable)

  1. (plural, plural-only, vulgar) Having sex with someone soon after the person has had sex with someone else.
    • the way I look at it you're taking my seconds and pretty sloppy seconds at--1953, Mark of the Hunter page 45
    • Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) "Still making threats, eh, Namor?? Stay back Ben! I'm going to ram those mocking words down his throat!! I'm going to make him swish he'd never heard of the human race!! He's my pigeon... mine alone!
      Ben Grimm (The Thing) "Okay, tall man! But how's about giving me...1964, Fantastic Four issue 27

Examples of sloppy seconds in a sentence

  • 1972, Sloppy Seconds is the 2nd album released by "Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
  • I've got business with Murdock, too-- and I hate to take sloppy seconds!1966, Daredevil issue 20

Questions about sloppy seconds

What does sloppy seconds mean?
Sloppy seconds means having sex with someone soon after the person has had sex with someone else.
How do you use sloppy seconds in a sentence?
1972, Sloppy Seconds is the 2nd album released by "Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show"
What part of speech is sloppy seconds?
Sloppy seconds is a noun.

Words near sloppy seconds in the dictionary

  1. sloppings
  2. sloppy
  3. sloppy drunk
  4. sloppy joe
  5. sloppy joes
  6. sloppy seconds
  7. sloppy toppy
  8. sloppy-minded
  9. sloppy-mindedness
  10. slops
  11. slops out

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