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fellate

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /fəˈleɪt/
  • /ˈfɛ.leɪt/
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  • rhymes with -eɪt
  • rhymes with -ɛleɪt

1

verb

Meaning 1

To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blow, suck, give brain, give dome, give hat, give head, give neck, give noddy, go down on

2

verb

Meaning 2

To suck in a manner suggestive of fellatio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dickride, kiss up, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, suck up

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suck, blow, go down on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stimulate, excite, stir

History

Etymology

Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheh1(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَصّ (maṣṣ) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口交 (kǒujiāo) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吹簫 /吹箫 (chuīxiāo) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Dutch: fellatio doen — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Dutch: pijpen — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Esperanto: midzi — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Finnish: ottaa suihin — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Finnish: tehdä fellaatio — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • German: fellationieren — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • German: fellieren — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • German: blasen — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • German: lutschen — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Greek: πεολείχω (peoleícho) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Japanese: フェラチオをやる (ferachio o yaru) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Japanese: フェラをやる (fera o yaru) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Latin: fēllō — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Persian: کیر مکیدن (kir mekidan) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: ssać — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: robić loda — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: obciągać — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: ciągnąć druta — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: ssać pałę — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: robić dobrze — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: opierdalać — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: ojebać — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: robić laskę — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: obrabiać — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: dmuchać w puzon — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: chapać dzidę — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Polish: robić gałę — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Portuguese: chupar — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: соса́ть (sosátʹ) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: отса́сывать (otsásyvatʹ) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: отсоса́ть (otsosátʹ) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: де́лать мине́т (délatʹ minét) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: сде́лать мине́т (sdélatʹ minét) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: соса́ть хуй (sosátʹ xuj) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Russian: отсоса́ть хуй (otsosátʹ xuj) — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: радити фелацио — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: пушити — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: raditi felacio — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Serbo-Croatian: pušiti — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Spanish: felar — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • Spanish: felacionar — to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth