Meanings
present singular third person gives head · participle present giving head · past gave head · participle past given head
- idiomaticintransitiveslangvulgarTo perform oral sex on another person.First known use 1950s
He told me I looked like Cleopatra when I gave head.
2026 June 12, Emily Ratajkowski, “Mother F*cker”, in The Cut4 more examples
But she never lost her head / Even when she was giving head
1972, Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”, in TransformerYou were talking so brave and so sweet / Givin' me head on the unmade bed / While the limousines wait in the street
1974, Leonard Cohen, “Chelsea Hotel No. 2”, in New Skin for the Old CeremonyAh, what the fuck, I only saw her for a minute. First impressions of this kind can often be misleading. Does she give head?
1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)Yo, shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs / So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst / And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first
2000, “The Real Slim Shady”, in The Marshall Mathers LP, performed by EminemSynonyms: give brain, give dome, give hat, give neck, give noddy, go down on
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo perform oral sex on another person.
Origin
From the giver's head; cf. give brain, give dome, give hat, give neck.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 口交, 吹簫 /吹箫
- 口交 (kǒujiāo)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- 吹簫 /吹箫 (chuīxiāo)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
Czech kouřit
- kouřitslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Danish sutte af
- sutte afslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Finnish ottaa suihin, antaa päätä
- ottaa suihinslang: to perform oral sex on another person
- antaa päätäslang: to perform oral sex on another person
French tailler une pipe
- tailler une pipeslang: to perform oral sex on another person
German jemandem einen blasen, Kopf geben
- jemandem einen blasenslang: to perform oral sex on another person
- Kopf gebenslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Hungarian leszop
- leszopslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Italian spompinare
- spompinareslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Japanese フェラをやる
- フェラをやる (fera o yaru)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
Polish robić loda, zrobić loda
- robić lodaslang: to perform oral sex on another person
- zrobić lodaslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Portuguese pagar boquete
- pagar boqueteslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Romanian da muie
- da muieslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Russian соса́ть, отса́сывать
- соса́ть (sosátʹ)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- отса́сывать (otsásyvatʹ)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- отсоса́ть (otsosátʹ)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- соса́ть хуй (sosátʹ xuj)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- отсоса́ть хуй (otsosátʹ xuj)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- брать в рот (bratʹ v rot)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
- взять в рот (vzjatʹ v rot)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
Spanish hacer una mamada
- hacer una mamadaslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Tamil ஊம்பு
- ஊம்பு (ūmpu)slang: to perform oral sex on another person
Turkish sakso çekmek
- sakso çekmekslang: to perform oral sex on another person
Cite this entry
give head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20head
“give head.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20head. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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