to grind
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8.8
- verb
- /ɡraɪnd/
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- Rachel dances erotically with the man, bumping and grinding, sinking to her knees.
- bump and grind
- hips grind
- bumping and grinding
Examples
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I'm 23 and I hate clubs because everybody is just grinding on each other and not dancing.
Blog text (17) -
And you got to grind a little bit, like grind on your partner.
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From time to time we got together to bump and grind....
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Before I knew it, she was on top of me and we were grinding our bodies together.
Blog text (19) -
We were told multiple times beforehand that we were not to grind, yet we didn't listen.
Blog text (18) -
Parents, if you don't want your kids grinding, don't let them go to the dance.
Blog text (18) -
Bumping and grinding like a slow jam, it's Westside.
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The main attraction, who's doing a bump and grind down the runway, shaking a body worthy of a schoolboy's wet dream.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mallory opens her eyes and sees Sonny, grinding up against her, grabbing for her breasts.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the party, they started to grind to the music, moving closely together on the dance floor.
Synonyms
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8.6
To dance by moving the hips forward in time with music
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9.4
Shake your hips and bottom in time with music, often while low in a squat
To move the hips in a sexual, suggestive way
To dance or move in a lively, playful way at a party
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
6.3
Work hard for a long time on something, often before an exam or deadline
Compounds
- Archaic
A small music machine you turn by hand to play tunes from a cylinder with pegs
How Suggestive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grind kept the idea of 'rubbing' and was used for a dance where people press and move their bodies close together. So to grind on the dance floor is to move the hips in a rubbing, suggestive way.