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The definition of an orgasm is the peak of a sexual experience, including genital muscle contractions and the ejection of semen by a male.

(noun)

An example of orgasm is ejaculation.

See orgasm in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a frenzy; great excitement; esp., the climax of sexual excitement, as in intercourse, normally accompanied in the male by ejaculation

Origin: Fr orgasme < Gr orgasmos < organ, to swell with moisture, lust < IE base *werg-, to swell with sap or anger > Sans ūrjā, violence, vigor, sap

intransitive verb

to have an orgasm

Related Forms:

orgasmic adjective or orgastic

See orgasm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The peak of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and by a series of involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitals, usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen by the male. Also called climax.
A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.

intransitive verb or·gasm·ed (-găzˌəmd), or·gasm·ing (-găzˌə-mĭng), or·gasms (-găzˌəmz)

To experience an orgasm.

Origin:

Origin: French orgasme

Origin: or New Latin orgasmus

Origin: , both from Greek orgasmos

Origin: , from orgān, to swell up, be excited

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