Meanings
- uncountablelifestyleA kink in which someone consents to being available to have sex with or to be "used" by their partner at any time.
Whether you agree with it or not in your own relationship, “free use” is spreading like wildfire, with categories of gay adult videos devoted to the trend popping up all over the internet.
2023 August 22, Jake Myers, “The “free use” fetish is sweeping the gay community. Is it ruthless, or a relief?”, in Queerty, archived from the original on 26 Aug 20232 more examples
In some cases, free use takes place within a BDSM dynamic, and will make use of kinkier things like bondage, sensory deprivation and even other people to enhance the fantasy. But in others, free use is perfectly vanilla.
2021 March 13, Isabelle Kohn, “Anytime, Anywhere: The Growing Appeal of the Free-Use Fetish”, in MEL Magazine, Marina del Rey, Calif.: Recurrent Ventures, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023In practice, free use is an arrangement between two consenting adults. One partner has the liberty to initiate sex without asking and without foreplay, whether the other partner is occupied, asleep, or what have you.
2023 August 18, Magdalene Taylor, “What’s the ‘Free Use’ Fetish, and Why’s Everyone Talking About It?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023 - uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, use.
What rules artists have about usage of their sprites can be various. […] The main permission levels are these: ¶ Free use, where anybody can take them and use them for anything they want without credit, although obviously not claiming them as their own. […]
2016 August, antialiasis, “Proving sprite theft”, in The Cave of Dragonflies, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2016
Cite this entry
free use. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20use
“free use.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20use. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free use,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20use.
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