bump and grind

English

Alternative forms

• bump-and-grind
• bump-n'-grind, bump n' grind

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Noun

bump and grind (countable and uncountable, plural bump and grinds)

1. (idiomatic) A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.
   • 1982 August 9, Gerald Clarke, “Are the Stars Out Tonight?”, in Time:

     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.

2. (by extension) A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking.
   • 1998 November 19, Lloyd Grove, John Harris, “Crisis Quarterback: Gregory Craig Is Calling the Plays On Clinton's Team”, in Washington Post, retrieved 7 Aug. 2008, page D01:

     "There's inevitably a bump and grind when someone new comes into an established organization," says former senior adviser Rahm Emanuel.

   • 2005 August 29, Viv Bernstein, “Victory Gives Kenseth a Shot at the Chase”, in New York Times, retrieved 7 Aug. 2008:

     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.

Translations

Verb

bump and grind (third-person singular simple present bumps and grinds, present participle bumping and grinding, simple past and past participle bumped and ground or (nonstandard) bumped and grinded)

1. (idiomatic) To perform such a dance or such movements.
   • 2008 July 13, Stephen Regenold, “Ultrafit: Taking the pole position”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune:

     A dozen exercisers show up twice a week to "bump and grind," "do some belly rolls" and "loosen the hip joints."

References

• “bump and grind”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.