bump and grind
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""There's inevitably a bump and grind when someone new comes into an established organization," says former senior adviser Rahm Emanuel."
- "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."
- "A dozen exercisers show up twice a week to "bump and grind," "do some belly rolls" and "loosen the hip joints.""
Usage
Inflected Forms
bump and grinds (plural)
bump-and-grind (alternative)
bump-n'-grind (alternative)
bump n' grind (alternative)
bumps and grinds (present, singular)
bumping and grinding (participle, present)
bumped and ground (participle, past)
bumped and ground (past)
bumped and grinded (nonstandard, participle)
bumped and grinded (nonstandard, past)