precoital
adjective
pre·co·i·tal
ˌprē-ˈkō-ə-tᵊl 
-kō-ˈē-,
-ˈkȯi-tᵊl
variants
or pre-coital
: occurring before coitus
precoital sexual activity
precoitally
adverb
or pre-coitally
contraception used precoitally
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Most eight-legged bachelors go to great lengths to avoid being eaten by their lover: Some try to massage her into a stupor, or bind her legs up with silk; others play dead, or detach their own legs to distract her with a precoital snack.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022
Her version of foreplay involves chomping down on some precoital potato skins and asking if her feet stink.
—Iana Murray, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2021
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022
Her version of foreplay involves chomping down on some precoital potato skins and asking if her feet stink.
—Iana Murray, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2021
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precoital
adjective
pre·co·i·tal
-ˈkō-ət-ᵊl, -kō-ˈēt-
: used or occurring before coitus
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