come on
Slang Dictionary

come definition


and cum
  1. in.
    to experience an orgasm. (There is no other single word for this meaning. Usually objectionable.) : God, I thought she'd never cum.
  2. n.
    semen. (Usually objectionable.) : Do you think cum is alive?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Slang Dictionary

come on definition


  1. n.
    a lure; bait. (Usually come-on.) : It's just a come on. Nobody is giving away a decent color TV just for listening to a sales pitch.
  2. n.
    an invitation; a sexual invitation. (Usually come-on.) : She stared at him with her bedroom eyes, giving him that age-old come-on.
  3. in.
    to begin to perform well. : In the second scene, the entire cast came on, and the audience loved it.
  4. in.
    to feel the effects of a drug; for a drug to take effect. (Drugs.) : After what seemed a long time, I began to come on to the stuff.
  5. exclam.
    You are wrong! (Usually Come on!) : Come on! Wasteful spending occurs at all levels of all governments! Nobody is innocent!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

come on

  1. Move forward, progress, develop. For example, We stopped as soon as darkness began to come on. [Early 1600s]

  2. Hurry up, as in Come on now, it's getting late. This imperative to urge someone forward has been so used since about 1450.

  3. Also, come upon. Meet or find unexpectedly, as in We came on him while walking down the street, or I came upon an old friend in the bookstore today. [Second half of 1700s]

  4. Make a stage entrance, as in After the next cue she comes on from the right. [Early 1800s]

  5. Please oblige me, as in Come on, that's no excuse for leaving, or Come on, you'll really like this restaurant. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

  6. Convey a specific personal image, as in He comes on like a go-getter but he's really rather timid. [Slang; c. 1940]

  7. Also, come on strong. Behave or speak in an aggressive way, as in Take it easy; you're coming on awfully strong. [c. 1940]

  8. Also, come on to. Make sexual advances, as in She reported her boss for coming on to her. This usage probably was derived from the earlier use of the noun come-on for a sexual advance. [Slang; 1950s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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