foreplay
noun
fore·play ˈfȯr-ˌplā 
1
: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
2
: action or behavior that precedes an event
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Finding ways to encourage arousal or stimulate foreplay doesn’t always go to plan, either. 
Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, Gerald's Game tells the story of a weekend trip, and some foreplay, gone very, very wrong. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 Finding ways to encourage arousal or stimulate foreplay doesn’t always go to plan, either. Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Finding ways to encourage arousal or stimulate foreplay doesn’t always go to plan, either. Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Their mutual hate grows into love, and their heated arguments evolve into obvious foreplay. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 Mar. 2022 That’s until he gets tossed into a preposterous climax that seems to have lost some key foundational foreplay in the edit. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2022 That said, as written the characters almost dare viewers to care too deeply about them, and the show's attempts to be edgy occasionally feel simply icky, including a later encounter in which a gun is brandished as a kind of foreplay. Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022 This foreplay is done out of sheer necessity—females are generally bigger and more aggressive than the males. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021 See More
Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, Gerald's Game tells the story of a weekend trip, and some foreplay, gone very, very wrong. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 Finding ways to encourage arousal or stimulate foreplay doesn’t always go to plan, either. Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Finding ways to encourage arousal or stimulate foreplay doesn’t always go to plan, either. Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Their mutual hate grows into love, and their heated arguments evolve into obvious foreplay. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 Mar. 2022 That’s until he gets tossed into a preposterous climax that seems to have lost some key foundational foreplay in the edit. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2022 That said, as written the characters almost dare viewers to care too deeply about them, and the show's attempts to be edgy occasionally feel simply icky, including a later encounter in which a gun is brandished as a kind of foreplay. Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022 This foreplay is done out of sheer necessity—females are generally bigger and more aggressive than the males. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
foreplay
noun
fore·play -ˌplā
: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
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