Definition of "orgasm" []

• The peak of sexual excitement, characterized by strong feelings of pleasure and by a series of involuntary contractions of the muscles of the genitals, usually accompanied by the ejaculation of semen by the male. Also called climax. (noun)
• A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement. (noun)
• To experience an orgasm. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word 'orgasm' comes from the Greek word orgasmos, signifying a certain 'swelling', which not only gives us an idea of what's happening to the body, but a clue as to how people feel about them."
• "Because she knows that her parents will settle out of court just to keep the word "orgasm" out of her blog the papers."
• "Roach continues as she did with Stiff to “turn off” readers as she goes into detail on what takes place during penis surgery, having seen it performed before her very eyes; as well as revealing the scientific fact that because an orgasm is essentially a reflexive response to specific stimuli over time, a dead body would be able to have one."