ANAL SEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anal sex mean? 

• ANAL SEX (noun)
  The noun ANAL SEX has 1 sense:

1. intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman

  Familiarity information: ANAL SEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAL SEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

anal intercourse; anal sex; buggery; sodomy

Hypernyms ("anal sex" is a kind of...):

perversion; sexual perversion (an aberrant sexual practice)

 Context examples 

You can get gonorrhea during vaginal, oral, or anal sex with an infected partner.

(Gonorrhea, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

You can get genital warts during oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an infected partner.

(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

You can get chlamydia during oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an infected partner.

(Chlamydia Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)