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Making out

Making out is a term of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used to refer to kissing, including extended French kissing or necking (heavy kissing of the neck, and above), or to acts of non-penetrative sex such as heavy petting ("intimate contact, just short of sexual intercourse"). Equivalent terms in other dialects include the British…

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Making out

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples18
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Making out

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related to Characteristics · 8
Making out → An, French, Games, It, Making, Teenagers, The, United States
related to history · 6
Making out → At, Originally, Petting, The, This, Victorian
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Making out → main activity as an act of exploration, term of American origin dating back to at least 1949

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petting sexual making intercourse kissing parties american necking sex contact may heavy intimate referred culture also dating kinsey age make-out

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Making outis aterm of American origin dating back to at least 19490.90text
Making outis amain activity as an act of exploration0.90text
heavy pettinginstance ofor to acts of non-penetrative sex0.80text
heavy pettinginstance ofThe term can also refer to other forms of foreplay0.80text
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsMaking0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsAn0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsIt0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsUnited States0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsFrench0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsThe0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsTeenagers0.60section
Making outrelated to CharacteristicsGames0.60section

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