Soaking

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of soak.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of soak
2. Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
3. The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
4. Extremely wet; saturated.
5. Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.

Example Sentences

"We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains".

That's probably why everyone is already having anal sex in ninth grade. I mean, let's face it, even the Mormons are soaking.

Mormonism is a culture very much predicated on puritanical commitments[…]the Amazon series Alpha House[…]made much of Mormon soaking, an alternative sex practice engaged in by two LDS characters on the show. Soaking basically allows for penis-vagina penetration but absolutely no friction. Insertion is OK; pumping will send you to hell.

This all-or-nothing attitude implies that penetration equal sex. (Although throngs of folks raised in abstinence-based religions might [take this view]. My favorite is the Mormon concept of "soaking," which means a man sticks his penis in a vagina but doesn't move it around, therefore it somehow doesn't count as sex. Gimme a break.)

I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.

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• soakings
• more soaking
• most soaking

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