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–noun

1.	the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.

2.	an instance of experiencing this.

3.	intense or unrestrained excitement.

4.	an instance or occurrence of such excitement.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to have an orgasm.

[Origin: 1640–50; < NL orgasmus < Gk orgasmós, deriv. of orgân to swell, be excited

]

—Related forms

or·gas·mic, or·gas·tic, adjective

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or·gasm Audio Help (ôr'gāz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.

intr.v. or·gasm·ed (-gāz'əmd), or·gasm·ing (-gāz'ə-mĭng), or·gasms (-gāz'əmz)
To experience an orgasm.

[French orgasme or New Latin orgasmus, both from Greek orgasmos, from orgān, to swell up, be excited.]

or·gas'mic (ôr-gāz'mĭk), or·gas'tic (-tĭk) adj., or·gas'mi·cal·ly, or·gas'ti·cal·ly adv.

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orgasm (n.)

1684, from Fr. orgasme, from Gk. orgasmos "excitement, swelling," from organ "be in heat, become ripe for," lit. "to swell, be excited," related to orge "impulse, excitement, anger," from PIE base *wrog- "to burgeon, swell with strength" (cf. Skt. urja "a nourishment, sap, vigor," O.Ir. ferc, ferg "anger"). The verb is attested from 1973, originally and usually in ref. to a woman's sexual climax. Orgasmic is attested from 1935.

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orgasm
noun
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

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The peak of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and bv a series of involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitals, usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen by the male.

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orgasm or·gasm (ôr'gāz'əm)
n.
The highest point of sexual excitement, marked by strong feelings of pleasure and marked normally by ejaculation of semen by the male and by vaginal contractions within the female. Also called climax.

or·gas'mic (ôr-gāz'mĭk) adj.

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Main Entry: ¹or·gasm
Pronunciation: 'or-"gaz-&m
Function: noun
: the climax of sexual excitement that is usually accompanied in themale by ejaculation —or·gas·mic /or-'gaz-mik/ also or·gas·tic /-'gas-tik/ adjective

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Main Entry: ²orgasm
Function: intransitive verb
: to experience an orgasm orgasm during intercourse —Shere Hite>

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Orgasm

Or"gasm\, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. ? a kneading, softening, prob. confused with ? to swell, espicially with lust; to feel an ardent desire.] (Physiol.) Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.

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