sixty-nine

[ siks-tee-nahyn ]

/ ˈsɪks tiˈnaɪn /

noun

a cardinal number, 60 plus 9.

a symbol for this number, as 69 or LXIX.

a set of this many persons or things.

Slang: Vulgar. simultaneous oral-genital sexual activity between two partners.

adjective

amounting to 69 in number.

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Words nearby sixty-nine

sixty-four-dollar question, sixty-fourmo, sixty-fourth, sixty-fourth note, sixty-fourth rest, sixty-nine, sixty-ninth, sixty-one, sixty-second, sixty-seven, sixty-seventh

Example sentences from the Web for sixty-nine

Sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy; looks to me like a spill pretty soon.
Radio Boys Loyalty|Wayne Whipple
Washington received the whole sixty-nine; and our government began with the happy augury of an unanimous choice for its head.
The Nation in a Nutshell|George Makepeace Towle
He was coldly received, and at the presidential election that year received only two electoral votes out of sixty-nine.
Mexico|Susan Hale
Three hundred and sixty-nine lectures were delivered upon the work of the Sanitary Commission, by nine gentlemen.
Woman's Work in the Civil War|Linus Pierpont Brockett

It contained sixty-nine blocks excellently printed upon an India tint.
English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70|Gleeson White

British Dictionary definitions for sixty-nine

sixty-nine

noun

another term for soixante-neuf

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