sixty-nine

or 69

[ siks-tee-nahyn ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 69 or LXIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. Slang: Vulgar. simultaneous oral-genital sexual activity between two partners.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Slang: Vulgar. (of sexual partners) to participate in a simultaneous oral-genital sexual act with each other.

adjective

1. amounting to 69 in number.

sixty-nine

noun

1. See soixante-neuf
   another term for soixante-neuf

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixty-nine¹

First recorded in 1885–90 sixty-nine fordef 4; translation of French (faire) soixante-neuf “(to do) sixty-nine,” from the positions of the partners

Example Sentences

M. Auffray married the first time when eighteen, the second time at sixty-nine.

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You possibly observed also that wherever she goes she wears about sixty-nine yards of pearl rope upon her person.

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On a division the resolution was carried by a majority of two hundred and sixty-nine against forty-six.

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On a division the amendment was carried by a majority of three hundred and sixty, against two hundred and sixty-nine.

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The circumference of the base has been stated at a little under nine hundred feet; the height is sixty-nine feet.

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