"-gasm" meaning in English

See -gasm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ɡæz.əm/ [Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-ɡaz.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /-ɡɛz.əm/ [New-Zealand], /-ɡa(ː)z.əm/ [India], /-ɡa(ː)z.ɪm/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--gasm.wav [US] Forms: -gasms [plural]
enPR: -găz(ə)m Rhymes: -æzəm Etymology: Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bf|orgasm<t:climax or peak of sexual pleasure>|id=orgasm|text=*}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "climax or peak of sexual pleasure", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "orgasm", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-gasm", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="orgasm" data-lang="en" data-title="-gasm" id="English:_orgasm"> Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”). Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -gasm (noun-forming suffix, plural -gasms), {{tlb|en|informal}} (informal)
  1. Forms nouns for a method of orgasm. Tags: informal, morpheme
    Sense id: en--gasm-en-suffix-KeV6qU8D Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Happiness, Sex Disambiguation of English back-formations: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 82 18 Disambiguation of Happiness: 74 26 Disambiguation of Sex: 100 0
  2. (figurative) Forms nouns for an intensely “explosive” or pleasurable experience. Tags: figuratively, informal, morpheme
    Sense id: en--gasm-en-suffix-8M0SBAKQ

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -gasm meaning in English (3.5kB)

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