lose one's virginity

verb

To have sexual intercourse for the first time.

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pop the cherry
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Meanings

verblose one's virginity (third-person singular simple present loses one's virginity, present participle losing one's virginity, simple past and past participle lost one's virginity)

present singular third person loses one's virginity · participle present losing one's virginity · participle past lost one's virginity · past lost one's virginity

  1. idiomaticTo have sexual intercourse for the first time.

    Born in Chicago on April 9th, 1926, he was the son of Methodists, served as a noncombatant in World War II, earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Illinois and didn't lose his virginity until he was 22.

    2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone

    Synonyms: pop the cherry

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo have sexual intercourse for the first time.

Similar
pop the cherry

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 失去童貞 /失去童贞, 失身
  • 失去童貞 /失去童贞 (shīqù tóngzhēn)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • 失身 (shīshēn)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Finnish menettää neitsyytensä
  • menettää neitsyytensäto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
French perdre sa virginité
  • perdre sa virginitéto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
German seine/ihre Jungfräulichkeit verlieren
  • seine/ihre Jungfräulichkeit verlierento stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Japanese 処女を失う, 女になる
  • 処女を失う (shojo o ushinau)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • 女になる (onna ni naru)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • 童貞を失う (dōtei o ushinau)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Polish tracić dziewictwo, stracić dziewictwo
  • tracić dziewictwoto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • stracić dziewictwoto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Russian потеря́ть де́вственность
  • потеря́ть де́вственность (poterjátʹ dévstvennostʹ)to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Spanish debutar, perder la virginidad
  • debutarto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
  • perder la virginidadto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Swedish förlora sin oskuld
  • förlora sin oskuldto stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse
Cite this entry
APA

lose one's virginity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20virginity

MLA

“lose one's virginity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20virginity. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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