‘Foreplay’ traditionally refers to all sexual acts preceding intercourse.
The term ‘foreplay’ is badly chosen. It suggests intercourse being the ‘real play,’ while every other sex act is merely an appetizer. This old fashioned notion stems from the time that procreation was considered the main purpose of sex.
Most girls cannot come from intercourse. For many of them ‘foreplay’ is the most important part of sex. But there are also many guys who think intercourse is overrated and would like their girlfriends to spend more time kissing and caressing them.
If climaxing through intercourse is your main goal, you are limiting yourself. There is so much more to sex: being together, kissing, caressing, expressing love and feeling accepted, giving or receiving oral sex and all the others ways of building sexual tension.
For many people sex is more enjoyable if ‘foreplay’ is seen as the main course and intercourse is considered the dessert.