intercouple

verb

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in·ter·cou·ple | \ ˌin-tər-ˈkə-pəl

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variants: or less commonly inter-couple

intercoupled also inter-coupled; intercoupling also inter-coupling

Definition of intercouple

(Entry 1 of 2)

transitive + intransitive

: to couple together intercouples them so well that units can then be picked up as one entity and carried off without incident.— Ronald A. Provenzale The [railroad car] coupler will intercouple with all standard radial car couplers now in use — Transit Journal

intercouple

adjective

variants: or inter-couple

Definition of intercouple (Entry 2 of 2)

: occurring or existing between members of a couple or between two or more couples Stage controversial scenes in the master bedroom with … inter-couple examinations of where it all went wrong.— Raymond Gill … the couples terrorise each other with their hilariously-mismatched social agendas. … We chart the inter-couple tensions, the petty snubs and snobberies.— Maeve Quigley