"bump and grind" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-bump and grind.ogg [Australia] Forms: bump and grinds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bump and grind (countable and uncountable, plural bump and grinds)
  1. (idiomatic) A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (a sexually suggestive dance): cordax [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-bump_and_grind-en-noun-ZZ4Skzvk Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of 'a sexually suggestive dance': 86 14
  2. (by extension) A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-bump_and_grind-en-noun-ba51JKiR Disambiguation of Dances: 25 50 25 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 29 39 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 56 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 55 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 56 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bump-and-grind, bump-n'-grind, bump n' grind

Verb

Audio: en-au-bump and grind.ogg [Australia] Forms: bumps and grinds [present, singular, third-person], bumping and grinding [participle, present], bumped and ground [participle, past], bumped and ground [past], bumped and grinded [nonstandard, participle, past], bumped and grinded [nonstandard, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bump<> and grind<,,ground:grinded􂀿nonstandard􂁀>}} bump and grind (third-person singular simple present bumps and grinds, present participle bumping and grinding, simple past and past participle bumped and ground or (nonstandard) bumped and grinded)
  1. (idiomatic) To perform such a dance or such movements. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bump_and_grind-en-verb-K5xbsKgn Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 29 39 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bump-and-grind, bump-n'-grind, bump n' grind

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for bump and grind meaning in English (6.5kB)

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