"sex act" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sex acts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sex act (plural sex acts)
  1. Any act involving sexual stimulation. Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: sexual act Hyponyms: intercourse, masturbation Translations (acts of sexual stimulation): 性行為 (Chinese Mandarin), 性行为 (xìngxíngwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), sexakt [common-gender] (Danish), knepning [vulgar] (Danish), malĉastaĵo (Esperanto), seksuaalinen teko (Finnish), полово́й акт (polovój akt) [masculine] (Russian), spolni akt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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