orgasm
noun/ˈɔːɡæzəm/
/ˈɔːrɡæzəm/
[uncountable, countable]- the moment during sexual activity when feelings of sexual pleasure are at their strongest
- to achieve/reach orgasm
- to have an orgasm
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- male
- multiple
- …
- achieve
- have
- reach
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French orgasme, or from modern Latin orgasmus, from Greek orgasmos, from organ ‘swell or be excited’.Definitions on the go
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