breath play

A form of breathplay — Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbreath play (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of breathplay.

    And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law.

    2014, Ummni Khan, Vicarious Kinks: S/M in the Socio-Legal Imaginary, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Some risk long-term bodily damage, death (for example, heart stoppage with electricity play and suffocation during breath play), […]

    2011, Margot Weiss, Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 89

    The pressure of his hand increased with each thrust and decreased with his withdrawal, creating a primitive form of breath play that had her gasping for both oxygen and release.

    2012, Tibby Armstrong, Undercover Lover, Ellora's Cave Publishing, →ISBN, page 160
Cite this entry
APA

breath play. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breath%20play

MLA

“breath play.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breath%20play. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breath play,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breath%20play.

Source: breath play on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.