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tip someone's velvet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
tip -some-one's vel-vet
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give oral sex to a female.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

A faux-Victorian expression invented by novelist Sarah Waters in Tipping the Velvet (1998). Perhaps relatedly, John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) gives velvet as a slang term for the tongue.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tips someone's velvet (present, singular) tipping someone's velvet (participle, present) tipped someone's velvet (participle, past) tipped someone's velvet (past)

Questions

What does tip someone's velvet mean?
To give oral sex to a female.
Where does tip someone's velvet come from?
A faux-Victorian expression invented by novelist Sarah Waters in Tipping the Velvet (1998). Perhaps relatedly, John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) gives velvet as a slang term for the tongue.

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