1
: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
2
: action or behavior that precedes an event
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All of that, though, is just warmup—maybe foreplay?
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Call it a flirtation, foreplay, or even parasocial fanfiction.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
After all, in your world, foreplay starts in the mind—and nothing turns you on faster than mental chemistry.
—Colin Bedell, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
Where the first was hurried and fumbling, the couple take their time, prolonging the foreplay.
—Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Call it a flirtation, foreplay, or even parasocial fanfiction.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
After all, in your world, foreplay starts in the mind—and nothing turns you on faster than mental chemistry.
—Colin Bedell, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
Where the first was hurried and fumbling, the couple take their time, prolonging the foreplay.
—Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Foreplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreplay. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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foreplay
noun
fore·play
-ˌplā 
: erotic stimulation preceding sexual intercourse
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