variants:
or less commonly inter-couple
intercoupled also inter-coupled; intercoupling also inter-coupling
Definition of intercouple
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
adjectivevariants:
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
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The first known use of intercouple was in 1902
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