coupling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkʌplɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of joining together to form a couple.
It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.
1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:
- (countable, uncountable) A device that couples two things together.
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(countable, uncountable) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
The lack of coupling means that the elements of our system are better isolated from each other and from change. This isolation makes it easier to understand each element of the system.
2009, Robert C. Martin, chapter 10, in Clean Code, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 150:
- (countable, uncountable) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- (countable, uncountable) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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(countable, uncountable) An act of sexual intercourse.
The biggest film of March 1992 was “Basic Instinct,” an erotic thriller featuring an established movie star in explicit onscreen couplings with a sexy up-and-comer.
2022 March 20, Jason Bailey, “‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(countable, uncountable) A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
It seems just as likely, though, that it simply never occurred to him to think about crime as something so tightly tied to place. Literary theorists and bridge engineers and police chiefs struggle with coupling.
2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 342:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| couplings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
coupling rod · crosscoupling · overcoupling · hydrocoupling · undercoupling · coupling pin · azocoupling · mechanocoupling · electrocoupling · coupling-box · photocoupling · coupling pole · telecoupling · homocoupling · precoupling
Hyponyms
Norwegian coupling · capacitive coupling · Storz coupling · ratchet coupling · direct coupling · global coupling · low coupling · content coupling · Sonogashira coupling · claw hammer coupling · chopper coupling · pathological coupling · data coupling · no coupling · common coupling · tight coupling · inductive coupling · data-structured coupling · message coupling · running coupling · loose coupling · control coupling · conductive coupling · Suzuki coupling · Negishi coupling · stamp coupling · external coupling
Relateds
Synonyms
sexy time · jig-jig · love · seeing-to · relations · horizontal dancing · fucky-fucky · poon · mating · rumpy-pumpy · sex · root · sexual relation · old hat · joining · coupling · sexual union · screwing · screw · funny business · horizontal slam dance · barney-mugging · intercourse · union · hot beef injection · playing around · pareunia · meat injection · poontang · hump · congress · pussy · lay · swiving · Ugandan affairs · snu snu · copulation · legover · bonking · the beast with two backs · plow · aphrodisia · beef injection · monkey business · fucking · sexual intercourse · dependency · intromission · plough · skin · jiggy-jiggy · the birds and the bees · intimate relations · bang · nookie · chesterfield rugby · Netflix and chill · horizontal mambo · carnal knowledge · trim · how's your father · rumpo · frig · pipe · connection · penetration · fooling around · commerce · cuntfuck · hanky-panky · fooling about · tang · coitus · physical love · conversation · horizontal jogging · lovemaking · humpa humpa · horizontal hula · boom-boom · conjunction · jiggery-pokery · intimacy · consummation · action · punani · making whoopee · coition · horizontal refreshments · ass · roll in the hay · mounting · shag · ride · Ugandan discussions · commixtion · sexy times · sexual congress · lustmaking
Translations (61)
ro cuplaj (device that couples two things together) · ru конта́кт ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · fi yhteenliittäminen (act of joining together to form a couple) · cy cyplwr (device that couples two things together) · fi kytkentä ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · es entronque (act of joining together to form a couple) · cmn 耦合 ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · ru свя́занность ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · de Koppler (device that couples two things together) · it aggancio (act of joining together to form a couple) · fr dépendance ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · fi yhdistäminen (act of joining together to form a couple) · de Verbindung (device that couples two things together) · de Verkupplung (act of joining together to form a couple) · es juntura (device that couples two things together) · tr bağlama ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · hy կցորդում (act of joining together to form a couple) · fi liitin (device that couples two things together) · bg съедини́тел (device that couples two things together) · fi yhde (device that couples two things together) · cs spojka (device that couples two things together) · hy կցորդիչ (device that couples two things together) · pl sprzężenie ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other) · ro legare (act of joining together to form a couple) · ru соедине́ние (act of joining together to form a couple) · de Kopplung ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other) · fi kytkentä (act of joining together to form a couple) · ru му́фта (device that couples two things together) · ru связь ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other) · cs spřažení (act of joining together to form a couple) · ro contact ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · ru свя́занность ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other) · nb kobling (device that couples two things together) · el σύζευξη (act of joining together to form a couple) · es acoplador (device that couples two things together) · cs spojení (act of joining together to form a couple) · de Verbindung (act of joining together to form a couple) · el ένωση ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · ru зави́симость ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · es acoplamiento (act of joining together to form a couple) · ro cuplare (act of joining together to form a couple) · es enganche (act of joining together to form a couple) · de Einkopplung ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · el ζευκτήρας (device that couples two things together) · ru стыко́вка (act of joining together to form a couple) · cs spřáhlo (device that couples two things together) · el σύνδεση ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · fi kytkentä ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · es acoplamiento ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · de Kopplung ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules) · ru соедини́тель (device that couples two things together) · cy cyplydd (device that couples two things together) · ro conectare ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them) · bg чифтосване (act of joining together to form a couple) · ru сце́пка (act of joining together to form a couple) · el ζευγάρωμα (act of joining together to form a couple) · pl sprzęg (device that couples two things together) · fi kytkentä ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other) · ro ambreiaj (device that couples two things together) · pl sprzęganie (act of joining together to form a couple) · de Kupplung (device that couples two things together)