dry-hump

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See also: dry hump

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dry-hump (third-person singular simple present dry-humps, present participle dry-humping, simple past and past participle dry-humped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To simulate sexual intercourse without the genitalia directly touching, i.e. while wearing clothes, or by rubbing the genitals against something else.
    • 2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
      Okay… Okay, I-I-I’m still a little confused here. Did you actually climb Mount Everest? Or did you just dry-hump the side of it and then go home? “It was great! Now smell my finger! There’s still some mountain air on it!” What is wrong with you⁉
    • 2017, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, spoken by Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson:
      I found when it happened that I really like dry humping more.

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