orgasm
noun
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
orgasms
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pluralof orgasm.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By every metric that matters – standing ovations, media orgasms and, above all, Nielsen ratings – Jon Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show” is a smashing success.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2024
Here are columns by Maureen Dowd on orgasms and classical music and Ross Douthat on the Hollywood writers’ strike.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
There are more than a dozen theories about the evolution of orgasms, most proposed decades or more ago.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 1, 2016
Benevolent sexism isn’t a direct cause to fewer orgasms, but rather a contributing factor — one piece of a very complicated puzzle.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2016
Comparisons between the orgasms of collective madness which accompanied the Russian welter, on the one hand, and the French Revolution, on the other, are unfruitful and often misleading.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon
