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grinding

grinding

3 8.1
A dance where people rub their bodies together in a sexual way
  • noun
  • /ˈɡraɪndɪŋ/
  • Offensive
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  • At the dance club, couples often engage in grinding to the rhythm of the music.
  • bumping and grinding
  • hip grinding

Examples

  • Can someone tell me where you draw the line between grinding and dancing like it's 2012?

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  • At my school, grinding is done by everyone if teachers say it's okay or not.

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  • So I was grinding with them for some years.

  • This is not even close to the grinding you would see in the club.

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  • I'm sure that there were some students at the dance who did indeed feel uncomfortable with the grinding.

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  • I graduated from MHS in 2010, and I remember the "no grinding" rule back then too.

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  • After a minute of grinding and gyrating, he stood up, with me still wrapped around him.

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  • More than half of the school has attended homecoming at MHS, where grinding has been permitted.

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  • According to a MHS senior, Principal Gail Abromitis made an announcement at lunch that "grinding" would not be tolerated at the dance.

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  • Many high school dances feature grinding, which has become a popular way for students to dance together.

Antonyms

distance
274 1.1

A place far away that you can see

separation
89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

Compounds

grinding wheel
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A round wheel of rough material that you use to sharpen or shape metal

How Sexual

grinding
  • Offensive
3 8.1
to two-step
  • US
2 5.9

Surface Forms

grinding singular
grindings plural

Morphology

grinding = grind (semi-transparent) = grind + ing

Derived by extension from the verb 'grind' (to rub); the specific cultural sense of a dance style is a specialized, colloquial meaning.

Etymology

Grinding comes from an old English word grindan meaning 'to rub'. A helpful way to remember the dance meaning is to think of people rubbing their bodies together, which is why this style is called 'grinding'.