to grind
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8.8
- verb
- /ɡraɪnd/
- NSFW
- 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
13
9.4
Shake your hips and bottom in time with music, often while low in a squat
3
8.6
To dance by moving the hips forward in time with music
To move the hips in a sexual, suggestive way
To dance or move in a lively, playful way at a party
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
3
6.3
Work hard for a long time on something, often before an exam or deadline
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
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.