faire l'amour — meaning in English

English meaning

• bonk verb To bump or knock into something with a light thud.
• love verb To feel deep affection or care for someone or something.
• make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.

Senses

faire l'amour is used for these senses in English:

• bonk (informal, chiefly, UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
• have sex To engage in any sexual act.
• love (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
• make love (euphemistic) To engage in sexual intercourse. [from 1950s]
• make out (slang, chiefly, US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately. [from 20th c.]

bonk — full definition

1. verb To bump or knock into something with a light thud.
2. noun A sudden, extreme fatigue during endurance exercise caused by running out of energy stores.

love — full definition

1. verb To feel deep affection or care for someone or something.
2. verb To like something very much.
3. noun A strong feeling of deep affection.
4. noun (tennis) A score of zero.

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