• Cum

    Pronunciation

    Origin 1

    From Latin cum ("with").

    Full definition of cum

    Preposition

    1. Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.He built a bus-cum-greenhouse (= he converted a bus to a greenhouse) that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long.
      • p. 1926 a. 1950 George Bernard Shaw, Collected Letters: 1926-1950, University of California/Viking (1985), page 31,He is too good an actor to need that sort of tomfoolery: the effect will be far better if he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican.
      • 2001, Nov/Dec, David Sachs, LET THEM EAT BITS, The banner shows a yellowed silhouette of a boy (possibly Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes) urinating on an EU flag. Sites such as this show the full power of the Internet as a propaganda medium cum travel service cum organizing tool. Oh, and nightlife directory.

    Conjunction

    1. Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.But instead of being a salesperson cum barista cum waitress merely serving the wordsmiths, I'm one of them, reading her latest baby out loud.

    Origin 2

    Variant of come.

    Noun

    cum

    (uncountable)
    1. (informal) Semen.
    2. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    1. (slang) To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
    2. (slang) To ejaculate.

    Synonyms

    (have an orgasm) climax

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