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noun
The initial stage of the sexual act involving manual contact and tumescence; sexual foreplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law, medicine, sciences
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noun
A touching or handling; manipulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin contrectātio, from contrectō (“to touch”).
