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noun
The act of joining together to form a couple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A device that couples two things together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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Synonyms: dependency
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
An act of sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation, coupling, intercourse, intimacy, intimate relations, intromission, joining, lovemaking, lustmaking, mating, mounting, pareunia, penetration, relations, sex, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, sexual union, swiving, union, the beast with two backs, the birds and the bees, boom-boom, chesterfield rugby, horizontal dancing, horizontal hula, horizontal jogging, horizontal mambo, horizontal refreshments, horizontal slam dance, how's your father, love, Netflix and chill, physical love, roll in the hay, Ugandan affairs, Ugandan discussions, action, ass, bang, barney-mugging, beef injection, bonking, cuntfuck, fucking, frig, fucky-fucky, hot beef injection, hump, humpa humpa, jig-jig, jiggy-jiggy, lay, legover, meat injection, nookie, old hat, pipe, plow, plough, poon, poontang, punani, pussy, ride, root, rumpo, rumpy-pumpy, seeing-to, sexy time, sexy times, screw, screwing, shag, skin, snu snu, tang, trim, hanky-panky, funny business, making whoopee, jiggery-pokery, monkey business, fooling about, fooling around, playing around
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of couple
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Narrower terms: assortative mating, disassortative mating, hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing, inbreeding, servicing, service
noun
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: coupler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanical device
Narrower terms: clevis, clutch, fluid drive, swivel, turnbuckle, universal joint, universal
noun
a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: yoke
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
History
From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Across languages
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
