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fore·play  (fôrpl, fr-)
n.
Sexual stimulation preceding intercourse.
foreplay
Noun
sexual stimulation before intercourse
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.foreplay - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
arousal, stimulation
sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling, necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
feel - manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
Translations
Spanish foreplay [ˈfɔːpleɪ] n → preámbulos mpl (de estimulación sexual)
French foreplay [ˈfɔːpleɪ] n → stimulation f érotique, prélude m
German foreplay [ˈfɔːpleɪ] n → Vorspiel nt
Italian foreplay [ˈfɔːpleɪ] n → preliminari mpl
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I like to believe it's the latter, that George and Martha have not spent the past umpteen years enacting scenes like this as a kind of cracked foreplay.
THIS 'WOOLF' REVIVAL HOWLS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
So sure is she that she could never have a happy relationship that she pushes aside a decent guy (Jeffrey Donovan) who's been trying to introduce her to unfamiliar concepts like foreplay and kissing while sober.
Wanting answers by Buchanan, Kyle / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
It may be that women regard some manual or oral stimulation received from their partners during foreplay as too perfunctory to report, or the men's responses may be subject to social desirability bias.
Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of ... by Smith, Anthony / The Journal of Sex Research
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