kegel

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See also: Kegel

English

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Etymology

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After Arnold Kegel. The surname is of German origin; see Kegel (skittle, bowling pin).

Noun

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kegel (plural kegels)

  1. The pubococcygeal muscles.
    • 1999 July 19, Hendrik Hertzberg, “The Parent Trap”, in The New Yorker:
      The parenting magazines are on a higher moral plane than the how-to-get-a-guy magazines, just as a man going home to his wife and children (or a woman breast-feeding a baby) is on a higher moral plane than a man out trolling for nookie (or a woman flexing her Kegels in preparation for a date).
  2. A contraction of the pubococcygeal muscles, performed for the purpose of strengthening them.

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Verb

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kegel (third-person singular simple present kegels, present participle kegeling, simple past and past participle kegeled)

  1. (intransitive) To clench one's perineum and pelvic muscles.
    • 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times[2]:
      To future appointments, I wear a skirt and thigh-highs so that I can Kegel with my outfit intact.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch kēgel, from Old Dutch *kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ɣəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ke‧gel
  • Rhymes: -eːɣəl

Noun

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kegel m (plural kegels, diminutive kegeltje n)

  1. cone
  2. bowling pin
  3. (usually in the diminutive) cone cell (in the retina)

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil.

Noun

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kēgel or kêgel? m

  1. cone, wedge
  2. bowling pin

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: kegel
  • Limburgish: kieëgel
  • Middle English: keyle, kayle

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