Cum
adj, noun, prep, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Semen. colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
"Jim descends into the murky tunnel; the faint odor of cum permeates the air."
- 2 Abbreviation of cubic metre. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
"The density of cement is 1440 kg/cum."
- 3 the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract wordnet
- 4 Female ejaculatory discharge. colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
- 5 An ejaculation. colloquial, uncountable, vulgar
- 1 To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm. colloquial, slang, vulgar
"Despite claims to the contrary, a woman can cum from anal sex alone."
- 2 To ejaculate. colloquial, slang, vulgar
"Some men cum as much as 10 milliliters."
- 3 Eye dialect spelling of come (“move from further to nearer; arrive”). alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar
"“Where'd he cum from?” the bowman inquired. “That's what we'd like ter know, yer see; where he cum from, and how he happen'd to cum,” responded the steersman. “But he's a jolly good feller, strong as a lion, […]”"
- 1 Clipping of cumulative. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
- 1 Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another.
"He is too good an actor to need that sort of tomfoolery: the effect will be far better if he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican."
Example
More examples"You didn't have to cum so early."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cum (“with”).
Variant of come, attested (in the basic sense "come, move from further to nearer, arrive") since Old English. The sexual sense of come is attested since the 1650s. In this sense and spelling, attested from 1970s.
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