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bump and grind en · NOUN

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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. 1982 August 9, Gerald Clarke, “Are the Stars Out Tonight?”, in Time:
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. 1998 November 19, Lloyd Grove, John Harris, “Crisis Quarterback: Gregory Craig Is Calling the Plays On Clinton's Team”, in Washington Post, retrieved 07 Aug 2008, page D01:
   • The typical bump and grind of short-track racing at Bristol Motor Speedway met with the panicked push of the final races of the Nascar Nextel Cup. 2005 August 29, Viv Bernstein, “Victory Gives Kenseth a Shot at the Chase”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Aug 2008:

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Translations (6)

pt sarrar (a sexually suggestive dance) · la cordax (a sexually suggestive dance) · fi grindata (a sexually suggestive dance) · es perrear (a sexually suggestive dance) · nl schuren (a sexually suggestive dance) · es guayar la hebilla (a sexually suggestive dance)

bump and grind en · VERB

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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." 2008 July 13, Stephen Regenold, “Ultrafit: Taking the pole position”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune:

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