PULLING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulling out mean? 

• PULLING OUT (noun)
  The noun PULLING OUT has 1 sense:

1. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

  Familiarity information: PULLING OUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULLING OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coitus interruptus; onanism; pulling out; withdrawal; withdrawal method

Hypernyms ("pulling out" is a kind of...):

birth control; birth prevention; family planning (limiting the number of children born)

 Context examples 

Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The act of pulling out, including the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means.

(Extraction, NCI Thesaurus)

Planets in Capricorn blend beautifully with your sign of Scorpio, so you will be capable of pulling out all the stops to create success.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mr. Micawber kissed her hand, retired to the window, and pulling out his pocket-handkerchief, had a mental wrestle with himself.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Yes, Marmee, do you want anything in town? I've got to run in and get some paper," returned Jo, pulling out the bow under her chin before the glass as an excuse for not looking at her mother.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The eldest thought: I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out a feather, and as soon as Dummling had gone out she seized the goose by the wing, but her finger and hand remained sticking fast to it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)