Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Oral stimulation of the clitoris or vulva.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Stimulation of the vulva or clitoris of one person by the tongue of another, for the purpose of giving sexual gratification.

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  • noun Oral sex in which the clitoris and or vulva of the female is orally stimulated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from Latin, he who licks the vulva : cunnus, vulva; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots + lingere, to lick; see leigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin cunnus ("vulva") + lingere ("to lick").

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Examples

  • Asian women have no body odor whatsoever, and cunnilingus is esp nice because they have no body odor.

    things that are hard for me to hear « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007

  • For instance, one of my female clients said that every time she hears the word cunnilingus she thinks of fungi or bacteria.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Incidentally, if this Case File accomplishes nothing else, I’d like it to at least introduce “seeing Salaam Bombay!” as a euphemism for cunnilingus.

    My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010

  • We can suck or lick our partner’s genitals, which, when done to a woman, is called cunnilingus (slang: going down, eating, eating out) and, when done to a man, is called fellatio (slang: giving head, blow job, cock sucking).

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • Here Latin provides English with the mission-critical Penthouse magazine word cunnilingus.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Here Latin provides English with the mission-critical Penthouse magazine word cunnilingus.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • I learned from Sally one overcast day, while we were trying to come up with a humidity-proof recipe for meringues, that he was also something of an expert at cunnilingus, which is delicate work, like fly-tying, though not chiefly performed with the fingers.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • "We're gonna talk about something that's against the law," Sizemore informs his viewers, "which is called cunnilingus, or fellatio, I'm not sure."

    the latest from teenvogue.com 2010

  • "We're gonna talk about something that's against the law," Sizemore informs his viewers, "which is called cunnilingus, or fellatio, I'm not sure."

    the latest from teenvogue.com 2010

  • In my day we used to have to look up words like "cunnilingus".

    Today's Little Rainbow 2010

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  • A delicious word!

    December 6, 2006