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cum

The correct spelling is cum.

How to pronounce cum

/kʌm/
preposition

IPA: /kʌm/

Say it like: Cum

The correct spelling is cum. Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another. For example: "He built a bus-cum-greenhouse that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long."

Usage Examples

He built a bus-cum-greenhouse that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long.

But instead of being a salesperson cum barista cum waitress merely serving the wordsmiths, I'm one of them, reading her latest baby out loud.

Meanings

preposition

  1. 1.Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.

conjunction

  1. 1.Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.

noun

  1. 1.Semen.
  2. 2.Female ejaculatory discharge.
  3. 3.An ejaculation.

verb

  1. 1.To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
  2. 2.To ejaculate.

adjective

  1. 1.Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating
  2. 2.That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions
  3. 3.That tends to accumulate
  4. 4.Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid

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