do the nasty

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do the nasty (third-person singular simple present does the nasty, present participle doing the nasty, simple past did the nasty, past participle done the nasty)

1. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
   • 1968, Gus Weill, To Bury a Cousin: A Two Act Play, →ISBN, page 59:

     HILDA. But do you remember what you wanted me to do? The nasty—thing I thought was nasty? […] BERT. No, Hilda. Go like you came. Leave this place with your various virginities intact.

   • 1995, Jackie Collins, Hollywood Kids, →ISBN, page 61:

     "Right now she's doing the nasty with an ex-bartender who thinks he's this generation's answer to James."

   • 2001, Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls, →ISBN, page 120:

     A bunch of Puritan girls saying the town biddies were witches, just so that one of them could do the nasty with a married man and not have to worry about his loser of a wife finding out.

   • 2004, Michael Connelly, The Concrete Blonde, →ISBN, page 216:

     They go from strip club to strip club, make a lot of money. […] Most people think they're getting a bundle to do the nasty on video.

• bump nasties, do it, do the deed; see also Thesaurus:copulate