sex act

noun

plural sex acts

1

: sexual intercourse

specifically : coitus

—used with the

2

: an act (such as masturbation) performed for sexual gratification

Synonyms

• coition
• coitus
• commerce
• congress
• copulating
• copulation
• coupling
• intercourse
• lovemaking
• mating
• relations
• sex
• sexual intercourse
• sexual relations

Examples of sex act in a Sentence

paid to perform a sex act

the infection can be communicated through the sex act

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sex act

• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact
• contract
• detract
• distract
• enact
• exact
• extract
• hijacked
• impact