orgasm

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We notice, especially, that when the orgasm is approaching, the movements change in character and rhythm.

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  1. noun The peak of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and by a series of involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitals, usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen by the male. Also called climax.
  2. noun A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.
  3. intransitive verb To experience an orgasm.

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  • With orgasm, then you get a real rush of oxytocin and vasopressin -- those are associated with attachment. —  Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat
  • Now peanut butter and jelly ... that was like two entirely different universes colliding into an explosive orgasm which is then held in check by two slices of bread. —  Ctrl+Alt+Del
  • I liked this sentence: "Like an orgasm, anger follows a bell curve - at the top you're completely out of your mind." —  Griffin And Hoxie Mega Feed
  • And an orgasm is the culmination, the climax of any sexual act, whether it's with a partner (s) or sex with yourself. —  Pam's House Blend - Front Page
  • "Such confidence might also be related to the relationship (s) that a woman has had, given the finding that specifically penile-vaginal orgasm is associated with indices of better relationship quality," the authors stated. —  Moments In Time
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  1. French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, both from Greek orgasmos, from orgān, to swell up, be excited.

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  1. = French orgasme = Spanish Portuguese Italian orgasmo, from Greek *ὀργασμός, swelling, excitement, from ὀργᾶν, swell. be excited; cf. ὀργή, passion, impulse, propension; akin to ὀρέγειν, stretch after, dsire: see orexis.
 

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