kegel
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See also: Kegel
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Arnold Kegel. The surname is of German origin; see Kegel (“skittle, bowling pin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kegel (plural kegels)
- The pubococcygeal muscles.
- 1999 July 19, Hendrik Hertzberg, “The Parent Trap”, in The New Yorker:
- The parenting magazines are on a higher moral plane than the how-to-get-a-guy magazines, just as a man going home to his wife and children (or a woman breast-feeding a baby) is on a higher moral plane than a man out trolling for nookie (or a woman flexing her Kegels in preparation for a date).
- A contraction of the pubococcygeal muscles, performed for the purpose of strengthening them.
- 2014 July 14, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Pelvic Exercises for Men, Too”, in The New York Times:
- Done for a few minutes a day, Kegels can ease childbirth, help with recovery, prevent incontinence — even improve your sex life.
- 2020 August 7, Cardi B (lyrics and music), “WAP”[1] ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records:
- Hop on top, I wanna ride / I do a kegel while it's inside
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]kegel (third-person singular simple present kegels, present participle kegeling, simple past and past participle kegeled)
- (intransitive) To clench one's perineum and pelvic muscles.
- 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times[2]:
- To future appointments, I wear a skirt and thigh-highs so that I can Kegel with my outfit intact.
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch kēgel, from Old Dutch *kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kegel m (plural kegels, diminutive kegeltje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil.
Noun
[edit]kēgel or kêgel? m
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kegel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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