oral sex

noun

: oral stimulation of the genitals : cunnilingus, fellatio

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Senior staff taught various classes on clitoral stroking, oral sex, bondage, and more. Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 Echard consistently denied that intercourse had happened, saying their contact was limited to oral sex, and accused Owens of fabricating medical documents and manipulating pregnancy evidence. Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Jurors then acquitted Weinstein of the same charge for an incident involving Kaja Sokola, a 39-year-old model who alleged that Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him after the two met for lunch in 2006. Chris Spargo, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Additionally, Herbst was convicted of demanding a subordinate officer’s wife perform oral sex on him for favorable treatment of her husband at work. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of oral sex was in 1959

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“Oral sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oral%20sex. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

oral sex

noun
: oral stimulation of the genitals : cunnilingus, fellatio
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