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couple:
1. A pair or combination of two. 2. Two people, most often a man and woman , closely associated, as an engaged or married couple or otherwise paired .
3. To unite in marriage .
4. To copulate . See copulation for synonyms.
Quote: Jules (Demi Moore) to Leslie (Ally Sheedy) in St. Elmo's Fire (1985): ' You were always the couple most likely to couple .'
See Also: couple-to-couple, come together, newly-weds, closed door, closed swinging, cluster marriage, cohabitation, married but not churched, diasteunia, DINKS, coming together, buddy booths, consensual non-monogamy, cpl, couple friend, hit skins, spoon fashion, switch club, synchronized love, three-dimensional romance, double date, swinging, couple, bill-and-cooers, common-law marriage, gavabos, coupler, tunnel of love, twosome, wet one's wick, wick, wife-swapping, POSSLQ, pull a train, pulling the train, surrogate mother, palimony, playmates, actual intercourse rate, ambibiosis, arm-clutcher, arm-in-armer, bach night, bachelor night, lovers lane, dip the wick, infertility, Jack and Jill, janney, double act, Daughters of Bilitis, dog-knotted, dog-locked, doggies, coithesis, sensate focus exercises, singles, honeymoon, femme, bumper-to-bumper, bury the wick, copulate, spoon, woman-on-top position, swinging single, beast with two backs, dogging, do the two-backed beast, leaping over the sword, lovey-dovey, making the beast with two backs, man-on-top position, divorce,
Quotes Containing couple:
''You were always the couple most likely to couple .'' Jules (Demi Moore) to Leslie (Ally Sheedy) in St. Elmo''s Fire (1985)
Oscar Ungar (Walter Matthau) in The Odd Couple (1968): ''Life goes on even for those of us who are divorced, broke and sloppy.''
Oscar (Walter Matthau) in The Odd Couple (1968): 'Takes two to make a rotten marriage .'
Oscar Ungar (Walter Matthau) in The Odd Couple (1968): ''Life goes on even for those of us who are divorced, broke and sloppy.''
Felix Madison (Jack Lemmon) and Gwendolyn (Carole Shelley) in The Odd Couple (1968): - Felix: ''Divorce is a terrible thing .'' - Gwendolyn: ''Oh! It can be if you haven''t the right sollicitor.''
Verne (Clark Gable) to Julie (Joan Crawford) promising to escape prison that night to see her, in Strange Cargo (1940): ''Keep a light in the window and a couple more in your eyes .''
''Look at this. You''re the only man in the world with clenched hair.'' Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau) to Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) in The Odd Couple (1968)
''Look at this. You''re the only man in the world with clenched hair.'' Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau) to Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) in The Odd Couple (1968)
Dante Hicks (Brian O?Halloran) in Clerks (1994): ''Yeah, I mean aside from the cheating , we were a great couple . I mean that''s what high school was about, algebra, bad lunch , and infidelity .''
Det. MacArthur Stern (Gene Hackman) posing as Dr. Bolsef of the District of Columbia Health Department who wants to cite a couple for copulating without a condom in Loose Cannons (1990): ''I''m afraid I''ll hace to cite on under D .C. Statute 308 694 2-64.'' Regrettably, as it turns out , they''re all out of Indiscriminate Copulation Forms.
A 12-year old Hutterian, Ezechiel/Zeke (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) married to a much older Havana/Betsy Iggets (Patricia Arquette) in Holy Matrimony (1994): - Ezechiel: 'I don't think our marriage is working. ' - Havana: 'Then we have something in common with every married couple in America.'
Oscar (Walter Matthau) trying to convince Felix (Jack Lemon) that they should make-a-play-for the two good-looking women, Thelma and Holly, in The Odd Couple II (1998): ''The wick is almost out , Felix. All I want is for the candle to glow rather than curse the darkness.''
Verne (Clark Gable) to Julie (Joan Crawford) promising her to escape prison that night just to see her, in Strange Cargo (1940):''Keep a light in the window and a couple more in your eyes .''
Adrienne Fromsett (Audrey Totter) and P.I. Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) in Lady in the Lake (1940). - Adrienne:''I wonder how it would be to discuss this over a couple of ice cubes? Would you care to try?'' - Philip:''Imagine you needing ice cubes.''
''Me and my wife use to fight like a couple of wild cats with only a tree between us, but sooner or later, missy, you''ll find out that it doesn''t make a tinker''s damn who''s got the upper hand. A few years roll by and you kinda settle-down to being at ease with each other. Then life gets worth living.'' Capt. Jake Cutter (John Wayne) to Pilar Grayle (Ina Balin) in The Comancheros (1961)
''He said we made a good couple because I had no expectations and he had too many.'' Chloe (Meg Tilly) to Nick (William Hurt) in The Big Chill (1983)
''You and that broad made a real cute couple .'' Lou (Todd Graff) to his con artist friend Eddie (Dana Carvey) in Opportunity Knocks (1990)
Twelve year old Hutterian Brethren Ezechiel/Zeke (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) married to much older Havana/Betsy Iggets (Patricia Arquette) in Holy Matrimony (1994): - Zeke:''I don''t think our marriage is working. '' - Havana:''Then we have something in common with every married couple in America.''
Nicole L''Oiselle (Claudette Colbert) toasting her reconciliation with her husband Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) in Bluebeard''s Eight Wife (1938): - Nicole: ''Here''s to our agreement: no love-making, no quarrels.'' - Michael:''Just like an ordinary married couple .'' - Nicole:''I said no quarrels.''
Verne (Clark Gable) promising Julie (Joan Crawford) to escape prison just to see her, in Strange Cargo (1940): ''Keep a light in the window and a couple more in your eyes .''
Eric Stratton (Tim Matheson) talking about his date?s breasts in National Lampoon?s Animal-House (1978): ''She''s got a couple of major league gavabos .''
Paula (Lana Turner) kissing with Jonny (Clark Gable) in Somewhere I''ll Find You (1942): - Paula Lane: ''You oughta have that patented.'' - Jonny Davis: ''I will, after I work out a few improvements.'' - Paula Lane: ''I could suggest a couple .'' - Jonny Davis: ''I''ll learn faster if you show me.?''
Judge (Ferdinand Gottschlak) and Rosie (Winnie Lightner) in Dancing Lady (1933): - The judge: ''Now, Miss Leroux, just what constitutes a strip-tease?'' - Rosette Henriette Larue: ''A good constitution and a couple of zippers.''
Judge (Ferdinand Gottschlak) and Rosie (Winnie Lightner) in Dancing Lady (1933): - The judge: ''Now, Miss Leroux, just what constitutes a strip-tease?'' - Rosette Henriette Larue: ''A good constitution and a couple of zippers.''
Oscar (Walter Matthau) trying to convince Felix (Jack Lemon) that they should make-a-play-for the two good-looking women, Thelma and Holly, in The Odd Couple II (1998): ''The wick is almost out , Felix. All I want is for the candle to glow rather than curse the darkness.''
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