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countable and uncountable, plural orgasms
(obsolete) A spasm or sudden contraction. quotations
Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the febris irritativa, or fever with strong pulse, which consists of a previous torpor of the heart, arteries, and capillaries, and a succeeding orgasm of those vessels.
1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. quotations examples
Never had I experienced such an immense slow orgasm – its ripples ran like the tributaries of the Nile throughout the whole nervous system.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 668
There does not have to be romance involved with sexual pleasure: some of us just like orgasms for the hell of it.
2007 September 12, Zoe Margolis, The Guardian
A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing amaretto, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur. examples
third-person singular simple present orgasms, present participle orgasming, simple past and past participle orgasmed
To have an orgasm. examples