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couplings
 
Noun coupling has 3 senses
  1. yoke, coupling - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
    --1 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
    Derived form: verb couple1
  2. coupling, coupler - a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
    --2 is a kind of mechanical device
    --2 has particulars:
     clevis; clutch; fluid drive; swivel; universal joint, universal
    Derived form: verb couple2
  3. coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
    --3 is a kind of sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
    --3 has particulars:
     assortative mating; disassortative mating; hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing; inbreeding; servicing, service
    Derived form: verb couple4
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