Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixty-nine

/ˌsɪkstiˈnaɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: six-ty-nine
IPA: /ˌsɪkstiˈnaɪn/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

The cardinal number immediately following sixty-eight and preceding seventy.

noun

A sex position where two people perform oral sex on each other simultaneously.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.

Intransitive verb; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Dearest Annabelle, Having a splendid time! Last night I did a sixty-nine with Antonio that went on for HOURS. Later I even let him go in my back door, if you know what I mean, wink wink. I love that man’s tool so much! Much Love, Aunt Ruth"
"One of my old lovers liked to sixty-nine because the distraction of what she was doing kept her mind off what she was feeling so that her anxieties about what right she had to feel so good could not as easily keep her from feeling it."
"You pat me on the head / You took me out to wine, dine, sixty-nine me / But didn't hear a damn word I said"

Etymology

Calque of French soixante-neuf, from the rotational symmetry of the numeral 69 — if rotated a half-turn (by 180°), the numeral remains the same, and a couple both giving oral sex at once have, in principle, a similar rotational symmetry.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɪkstiˈnaɪn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sixty-nines (plural) 69 (alternative) sixty-nines (present, singular) sixty-nining (participle, present) sixty-nined (participle, past) sixty-nined (past)

Derived Forms

sixtyniner

Phrases

sixty-niner sixty-ninth star sixty-nine

Frequently Paired Words

cunnilingus fellatio clusterfuck *69 69

Synonyms

soixante-neuf 69 LXIX ilxx

Rhymes With

line in line fine online design red line sign mine nine gold mine wine soft sign

Questions

How do you pronounce sixty-nine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪkstiˈnaɪn/.
What does sixty-nine mean?: The cardinal number immediately following sixty-eight and preceding seventy.
Where does sixty-nine come from?: Calque of French soixante-neuf, from the rotational symmetry of the numeral 69 — if rotated a half-turn (by 180°), the numeral remains the same, and a couple both giving oral sex at once have, in principle, a similar rotational symmetry.

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