"breathplay" meaning in English

See breathplay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breathplay.wav
Etymology: From breath + play. Etymology templates: {{com|en|breath|play}} breath + play Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} breathplay (uncountable)
  1. (BDSM) Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking. Wikipedia link: Erotic asphyxiation Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): BDSM Synonyms: breath control play, breath play Related terms: gasper, asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia
    Sense id: en-breathplay-en-noun-gLWDtlvV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "breath",
        "3": "play"
      },
      "expansion": "breath + play",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From breath + play.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "breathplay (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "BDSM",
          "orig": "en:BDSM",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 September 10, M. Shirley Chong, “Re: Bill Majors: my experience--Part Three”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think it's safe to say that no matter which position one takes on it, breathplay is considered edgeplay.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 December 14, Bob King, “Re: Now that you have shot the messenger; WAS: Defining Abuse in Absolute and Total Power Exchange”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):",
          "text": "These are stated as absolutes, even though we know perfectly well that there IS a level of force that can be applied to the kidney area safely, that restricted ciruclation is perfectly safe for a short time and that breathplay is commenly^([sic]) engaged in with no problem at all.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "It even includes the consensual breathplay of faith (Juliette Lewis) and Max Peltier (Tom Sizemore) in Strange Days: Peltier's meta-sadistic crimes notwithstanding, he gave Faith only what she desired, and afterwards her eyes glittered \"with sated lust\" (Cameron and Cocks 1993).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking."
      ],
      "id": "en-breathplay-en-noun-gLWDtlvV",
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "Erotic",
          "erotic"
        ],
        [
          "asphyxiation",
          "asphyxiation"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "practice",
          "practice"
        ],
        [
          "deprivation",
          "deprivation"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
        [
          "choking",
          "choke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(BDSM) Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gasper"
        },
        {
          "word": "asphyxiophilia"
        },
        {
          "word": "hypoxyphilia"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "breath control play"
        },
        {
          "word": "breath play"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Erotic asphyxiation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breathplay.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breathplay"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "breath",
        "3": "play"
      },
      "expansion": "breath + play",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From breath + play.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "breathplay (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gasper"
    },
    {
      "word": "asphyxiophilia"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypoxyphilia"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998 September 10, M. Shirley Chong, “Re: Bill Majors: my experience--Part Three”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think it's safe to say that no matter which position one takes on it, breathplay is considered edgeplay.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 December 14, Bob King, “Re: Now that you have shot the messenger; WAS: Defining Abuse in Absolute and Total Power Exchange”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):",
          "text": "These are stated as absolutes, even though we know perfectly well that there IS a level of force that can be applied to the kidney area safely, that restricted ciruclation is perfectly safe for a short time and that breathplay is commenly^([sic]) engaged in with no problem at all.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "It even includes the consensual breathplay of faith (Juliette Lewis) and Max Peltier (Tom Sizemore) in Strange Days: Peltier's meta-sadistic crimes notwithstanding, he gave Faith only what she desired, and afterwards her eyes glittered \"with sated lust\" (Cameron and Cocks 1993).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "Erotic",
          "erotic"
        ],
        [
          "asphyxiation",
          "asphyxiation"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "practice",
          "practice"
        ],
        [
          "deprivation",
          "deprivation"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
        [
          "choking",
          "choke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(BDSM) Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "breath control play"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Erotic asphyxiation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breathplay.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-breathplay.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "breath play"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breathplay"
}

Download raw JSONL data for breathplay meaning in English (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.