coupling
Plural: couplings
Noun
- A device for connecting two parts; the act of joining.
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- "the casual couplings of adolescents"
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- A device that couples two things together.
- The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
Verb
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- link together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- present participle and gerund of couple
Examples
- The coupling of the Q and the U often creates high-scoring opportunities in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Synonyms
conjugation, copulate, couple, couple on, couple up, coupler, match, mate, mating, pair, pair off, pairing, partner off, sexual union, twin, union, yoke, Netflix and chill, Ugandan affairs, Ugandan discussions, action, aphrodisia, ass, bang, barney-mugging, beef injection, bonking, boom-boom, carnal knowledge, chesterfield rugby, coition, coitus, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation, coupling, cuntfuck, dependency, fooling about, fooling around, frig, fucking, fucky-fucky, funny business, hanky-panky, horizontal dancing, horizontal hula, horizontal jogging, horizontal mambo, horizontal refreshments, hot beef injection, how's your father, hump, humpa humpa, intercourse, intimacy, intimate relations, intromission, jig-jig, jiggery-pokery, jiggy-jiggy, joining, lay, legover, love, lovemaking, lustmaking, making whoopee, marital embrace, meat injection, monkey business, mounting, nookie, old hat, pareunia, penetration, physical love, pipe, playing around, plough, plow, poon, poontang, punani, pussy, relations, ride, roll in the hay, root, rumpo, rumpy-pumpy, screw, screwing, seeing-to, sex, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, sexy time, sexy times, shag, skin, snu snu, swiving, tang, the beast with two backs, the birds and the bees, trim
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
coupling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcoupling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coupling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary