Phrase guide

Netflix and chill

noun · verb · 3 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Sexual intercourse, especially casual sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • 2016 February 23, Gregory Weidmann, Geoff Tock, Episode 16: Sands, Agent of Morra, Limitless, 1 minute, 30 seconds, Rachel Finch: But in this age of "Netflix and chill", it is no time to be looking for someone decent.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Netflix, chill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2017 Impact Wrestling July 13th episode, 1h30m, Grado (w/ Joseph Park) to Laurel Van Ness after her pinfall victory over Ava Storie before Kongo Kong comes out. I would just like to ask if me and you could possibly one night get together, eat some food, get some drinks, watch a movie or two. Would that be something that interests you? Would you be up for that? Netflix and chill? I just need an answer. Would you go out on a date with me?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To engage in sexual activity, possibly while or after watching a movie or a TV series together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, intercourse, know, know someone in the biblical sense, make love, mate, share a bed, sleep together, strain, bang, bauf, beat, bone, boff, boink, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, clap cheeks, dance, discuss Uganda, dip one's pen in someone's inkwell, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, expletive deleted, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, get the dirty water off one's chest, graft the forked tree, go all the way, haul one's ashes, have it away, have it off, hide the salami, hide the sausage, hide the wienie, hike the Appalachian Trail, hook up, hump, jig-jig, knock boots, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it, make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, meddle, ming, Netflix and chill, penetrate, pipe, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, pound, rail, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, shaboink, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, stick, tumble

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the idea of euphemistically suggesting watching the online streaming service Netflix, as an excuse to be together in private. The idiomatic meaning developed around 2014.