1
: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
2
: action or behavior that precedes an event
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The man never professed his undying love for her or danced with her so passionately at a ball that onlookers had to avert their eyes because their waltz was clearly just foreplay (looking at you, Anthony and Kate).
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
Wear it during foreplay, the main event, or even out and about—the options are basically endless.
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
The squishy texture is fun to squeeze, and the broad sensations at the wider end of the toy are suitable for intimate foreplay.
—Anna Miller, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
Every great fight needs a little bit of foreplay — the dance before the dance — and so, of course, Patrick Swayze, two years after his romance-genre-defining work as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing, was the guy to deliver the sensuality Road House’s ferocity needed.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
Wear it during foreplay, the main event, or even out and about—the options are basically endless.
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
The squishy texture is fun to squeeze, and the broad sensations at the wider end of the toy are suitable for intimate foreplay.
—Anna Miller, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
Every great fight needs a little bit of foreplay — the dance before the dance — and so, of course, Patrick Swayze, two years after his romance-genre-defining work as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing, was the guy to deliver the sensuality Road House’s ferocity needed.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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foreplay
noun
fore·play
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: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
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