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coupling

[kuhp-ling] / ˈkʌp lɪŋ /


NOUN
sexual intercourse
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The idea would be to launch several rockets, one carrying crew or cargo, and the others carrying tanks of liquid oxygen and liquid methane that would be offloaded through coupling.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The crossings also remain gapless even when spin-orbit coupling is taken into account.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Protracted court battles around the country over everything from pets to property show how laws haven’t kept up with the changing ways people are coupling up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

MV Glen Sannox, which sails to Arran from Troon, developed a problem with a flexible coupling in its exhaust system early on Thursday.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

I was holding to the hand-rods and crouching low, my feet on the coupling.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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