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to give head

to give head

3 9.9
To use your mouth to make a man's penis feel good
  • phrasal verb
  • Offensive
translation icon : hacer una mamada
  • Well, she actually likes giving head.

Examples

  • ♪ ♪ It's like that, you know, the women on the videos, ♪ ♪ giving head to the guy with the 20-inch--

    T Blockers (2023)

  • "I'm doing heads in Brooklyn while you're giving head to the best-looking man in Manhattan.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "Baby, where did you learn to give head like that?"

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "You give head?" he said.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Next thing I know, I'm out on the streets giving head.

    Academic text (1997)

  • He's as queer as they come, man, and I just wanted to warn you that he's always ready to give head.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She gave head like a courtesan—like a goddess of fellatio.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • He asked her if she could give head after the party.

  • Many people consider talking about how to give head to be taboo.

  • She surprised him by saying she was willing to give head for the first time.

Synonyms

to blow
vsto give head
  • Offensive
165 9.9

To use your mouth to give someone sexual pleasure

is a neutral description without stressing purpose or slang tone
to go down on
vsto give head
  • Offensive
24 9.9

To use your mouth to touch another person's private parts

is usually used when the act is typically done to a man
to suck cock
vsto give head
  • Offensive
6 9.9

To perform oral sex on a man or use as a rude insult

is the standard phrase noting the act usually done to a man

How Sexual

to have sex
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to give head
  • Offensive
3 9.9
to make out
  • NSFW
130 8.1
to kiss
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

give head infinitive
gave head past
given head past participle
giving head present participle
gives head third person singular

Morphology

give + head

The meaning 'to perform oral sex' is not derivable from the literal senses of 'give' (to transfer) + 'head' (the body part) for an average B1 learner; the sexual sense relies on slang/pragmatic knowledge rather than compositional semantics. This is a culturally specific, idiomatic use of 'head' that learners who only know the basic constituent meanings would not predict, so it is opaque.

Etymology

Give head comes from slang where head meant the mouth in sex talk. So to give your mouth to someone became a way to say 'to perform oral sex', and that is why the phrase means that today.