kegel

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

kegel (plural kegels)

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).
A contraction of the pubococcygeal muscles, performed for the purpose of strengthening them.
- 2014 July 14, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Pelvic Exercises for Men, Too”, in The New York Times:
  Done for a few minutes a day, Kegels can ease childbirth, help with recovery, prevent incontinence — even improve your sex life.
- 2020 August 7, Cardi B (lyrics and music), “WAP”‎^[1] ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records:
  Hop on top, I wanna ride / I do a kegel while it's inside

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

(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.