-gasm

Australia, Canada, US, UK/-ɡæz.əm/UK, Scotland/-ɡaz.əm/New Zealand/-ɡɛz.əm/India/-ɡa(ː)z.əm/

suffix

Forms nouns for a method of orgasm.

“ear + -gasm → eargasm”

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Meanings

suffix-gasm (noun-forming suffix, plural -gasms)

plural -gasms

  1. informalForms nouns for a method of orgasm.

    nipple + -gasm → nipplegasm

  2. figurativelyinformalForms nouns for an intensely “explosive” or pleasurable experience.

    ear + -gasm → eargasm

    1 more example

    The temple of bodies / A building with souls / Given the cosmos / As we let go / As we let go / Locked in a dance / Surrounding the moon / This far from the clouds / Stargasm flows

    2011, “Stargasm”, in The Hunter, performed by Mastodon

Origin

Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -gasm

orgasmchasmspasmplasmeargasmphasmpsychoplasmrasmsissygasm
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Cite this entry
APA

-gasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-gasm

MLA

“-gasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-gasm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-gasm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-gasm.

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