intercouple

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verb

in·​ter·​cou·​ple ˌin-tər-ˈkə-pəl 

variants or less commonly inter-couple

intercoupled also inter-coupled; intercoupling also inter-coupling

transitive + intransitive

: to couple together

intercouples them so well that units can then be picked up as one entity and carried off without incident.

—Ronald A. Provenzale

The [railroad car] coupler will intercouple with all standard radial car couplers now in use

—Transit Journal

intercouple

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adjective

variants or inter-couple

: occurring or existing between members of a couple or between two or more couples

Stage controversial scenes in the master bedroom with … inter-couple examinations of where it all went wrong.

—Raymond Gill

… the couples terrorise each other with their hilariously-mismatched social agendas. … We chart the inter-couple tensions, the petty snubs and snobberies.

—Maeve Quigley

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1902, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1973, in the meaning defined above