sixty-nine

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Meaning · English

To have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

One of my old lovers liked to sixty-nine because the distraction of what she was doing kept her mind off what she was feeling so that her anxieties about what right she had to feel so good could not as easily keep her from feeling it.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “sixty-nine” mean?

To have sex in the sixty-nine position: to engage in mutual oral sex.

Is “sixty-nine” formal or informal?

sixty-nine is generally slang.