bump and grind

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bump and grind

noun bump and grinds · bump-and-grind · bump-n'-grind · bump n' grind

  1. countable, idiomatic, uncountable A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance. One of the oddest spectacles in America, in fact, has to be a Tom Jones audience, in which a couple of dozen women, usually attractive and well dressed, throw their panties onto the stage and compete for what appears to be a deep kiss from the male master of the bump and grind.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking. "There's inevitably a bump and grind when someone new comes into an established organization," says former senior adviser Rahm Emanuel.

verb bumps and grinds · bumping and grinding · bumped and ground · bumped and grinded

  1. idiomatic To perform such a dance or such movements. A dozen exercisers show up twice a week to "bump and grind," "do some belly rolls" and "loosen the hip joints."

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noun a sexually suggestive dance

Españolperrear, guayar la hebilla
Portuguêssarrar

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@misc{bump_and_grind_2026,
  title = {bump and grind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bump%20and%20grind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}